Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	319	18
Textiles & clothing	973	489
Wood & paper	203	9
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	330	3
High tech.	236	2
Other	114	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	451	28
Textiles & clothing	706	1,685
Wood & paper	267	17
Chemicals	35	2
Low tech	425	14
High tech.	209	2
Other	226	24

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	381	21
Textiles & clothing	363	740
Wood & paper	163	10
Chemicals	19	1
Low tech	336	1
High tech.	164	0
Other	281	60

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	472	102
Textiles & clothing	534	1,050
Wood & paper	229	55
Chemicals	27	3
Low tech	447	5
High tech.	429	2
Other	403	32

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	429	66
Textiles & clothing	174	178
Wood & paper	247	16
Chemicals	37	8
Low tech	358	10
High tech.	1,293	81
Other	361	41

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	420	122
Textiles & clothing	52	102
Wood & paper	179	18
Chemicals	84	24
Low tech	264	20
High tech.	1,060	173
Other	287	80

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	657	191
Textiles & clothing	285	251
Wood & paper	456	58
Chemicals	260	72
Low tech	1,286	178
High tech.	3,359	540
Other	425	161

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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