Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,641	462
B: Mining & quarrying	7	0
C: Manufacturing	2,183	525
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	852	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	538	70
H: Transport & storage	191	4
I: Accommodation & catering	179	39
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	51	0
N: Administrative & support	224	3
O: Public administration & defence	139	3
P: Education	56	94
Q: Human health & social work	46	34
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	93	75
T: Activities of households	545	1,984
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,372	1,321
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	2,318	1,772
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	4
F: Construction	1,116	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	795	248
H: Transport & storage	407	26
I: Accommodation & catering	277	320
J: Information & communication	14	2
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	135	140
M: Professional, scientific & technical	113	0
N: Administrative & support	60	1
O: Public administration & defence	147	15
P: Education	89	289
Q: Human health & social work	64	103
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	210	630
T: Activities of households	467	1,695
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,798	285
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	1,708	833
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,118	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	649	143
H: Transport & storage	546	8
I: Accommodation & catering	223	97
J: Information & communication	10	5
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	24	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	77	1
N: Administrative & support	95	7
O: Public administration & defence	196	26
P: Education	177	291
Q: Human health & social work	52	85
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	164	551
T: Activities of households	623	2,590
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,864	154
B: Mining & quarrying	86	0
C: Manufacturing	2,542	1,249
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	56	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	1,784	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,220	367
H: Transport & storage	1,314	18
I: Accommodation & catering	281	247
J: Information & communication	35	21
K: Financial & insurance	105	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	102	8
N: Administrative & support	175	68
O: Public administration & defence	473	108
P: Education	130	408
Q: Human health & social work	78	189
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	412	766
T: Activities of households	1,387	3,032
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,688	91
B: Mining & quarrying	48	0
C: Manufacturing	2,898	400
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	121	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	39	1
F: Construction	1,795	16
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,907	582
H: Transport & storage	1,519	121
I: Accommodation & catering	369	286
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	174	27
L: Real estate activities.	70	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	131	24
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,532	61
P: Education	245	493
Q: Human health & social work	146	261
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	481	380
T: Activities of households	1,939	2,931
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,020	266
B: Mining & quarrying	49	1
C: Manufacturing	2,346	540
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	250	28
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	54	1
F: Construction	2,071	34
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,964	1,048
H: Transport & storage	1,556	184
I: Accommodation & catering	489	723
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	194	62
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	153	77
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	6,070	1,233
P: Education	345	540
Q: Human health & social work	537	830
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	759	631
T: Activities of households	721	1,240
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,927	223
B: Mining & quarrying	103	3
C: Manufacturing	6,728	1,451
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	352	37
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	52	1
F: Construction	3,639	91
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,145	1,423
H: Transport & storage	1,314	160
I: Accommodation & catering	450	429
J: Information & communication	394	113
K: Financial & insurance	288	182
L: Real estate activities.	112	43
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,459	292
N: Administrative & support	75	84
O: Public administration & defence	4,387	965
P: Education	867	1,241
Q: Human health & social work	445	691
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	445	382
T: Activities of households	334	510
U: Extraterritorial bodies	947	17

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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