Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	516	39
Textiles & clothing	4,541	2,062
Wood & paper	604	41
Chemicals	49	6
Low tech	16,297	815
High tech.	910	9
Other	2,508	499

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	783	124
Textiles & clothing	3,434	3,438
Wood & paper	580	16
Chemicals	282	12
Low tech	23,207	1,342
High tech.	2,464	245
Other	2,296	540

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	915	565
Textiles & clothing	2,690	4,548
Wood & paper	968	213
Chemicals	475	52
Low tech	38,369	3,814
High tech.	4,248	114
Other	5,692	2,799

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,784	1,988
Textiles & clothing	4,689	7,836
Wood & paper	1,265	407
Chemicals	678	248
Low tech	59,478	9,447
High tech.	12,646	261
Other	6,314	1,549

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,323	2,561
Textiles & clothing	1,773	3,357
Wood & paper	1,074	666
Chemicals	1,571	889
Low tech	56,327	10,546
High tech.	7,868	837
Other	8,621	6,467

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,179	4,181
Textiles & clothing	656	2,011
Wood & paper	1,260	973
Chemicals	1,599	858
Low tech	74,393	21,199
High tech.	20,970	6,116
Other	7,177	5,501

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,405	4,300
Textiles & clothing	1,359	1,636
Wood & paper	1,565	459
Chemicals	1,438	368
Low tech	62,716	20,526
High tech.	17,494	4,161
Other	3,064	1,309

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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