Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,521	45
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	2,804	322
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	1
F: Construction	751	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	760	106
H: Transport & storage	596	5
I: Accommodation & catering	187	26
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	22	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	55	0
N: Administrative & support	323	4
O: Public administration & defence	5,222	4
P: Education	63	123
Q: Human health & social work	95	48
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	100	124
T: Activities of households	510	2,088
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,216	169
B: Mining & quarrying	41	0
C: Manufacturing	3,231	1,482
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	22	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	1,100	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	877	256
H: Transport & storage	1,081	5
I: Accommodation & catering	320	297
J: Information & communication	14	4
K: Financial & insurance	31	1
L: Real estate activities.	81	76
M: Professional, scientific & technical	72	0
N: Administrative & support	117	1
O: Public administration & defence	7,554	7
P: Education	52	206
Q: Human health & social work	52	112
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	155	525
T: Activities of households	138	1,366
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,014	94
B: Mining & quarrying	183	2
C: Manufacturing	7,018	1,970
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	58	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	1,702	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,177	319
H: Transport & storage	2,115	16
I: Accommodation & catering	365	135
J: Information & communication	20	3
K: Financial & insurance	85	1
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	148	3
N: Administrative & support	237	16
O: Public administration & defence	4,468	33
P: Education	117	340
Q: Human health & social work	74	134
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	149	643
T: Activities of households	216	2,643
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	3

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,688	162
B: Mining & quarrying	187	0
C: Manufacturing	11,778	2,756
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	347	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	71	0
F: Construction	3,718	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,090	1,307
H: Transport & storage	4,538	43
I: Accommodation & catering	817	974
J: Information & communication	161	114
K: Financial & insurance	500	13
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	323	23
N: Administrative & support	952	343
O: Public administration & defence	12,201	150
P: Education	362	779
Q: Human health & social work	263	660
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,105	1,951
T: Activities of households	1,119	5,815
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,063	208
B: Mining & quarrying	76	0
C: Manufacturing	15,826	1,753
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	683	24
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	162	8
F: Construction	2,718	22
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,272	2,649
H: Transport & storage	3,472	270
I: Accommodation & catering	456	728
J: Information & communication	58	19
K: Financial & insurance	512	107
L: Real estate activities.	114	28
M: Professional, scientific & technical	248	101
N: Administrative & support	1	3
O: Public administration & defence	12,523	366
P: Education	392	747
Q: Human health & social work	278	491
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	684	720
T: Activities of households	527	3,086
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,493	335
B: Mining & quarrying	20	2
C: Manufacturing	18,997	4,068
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,159	146
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	160	8
F: Construction	4,098	90
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,187	3,905
H: Transport & storage	3,835	380
I: Accommodation & catering	674	1,687
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	552	269
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	240	168
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	18,163	1,116
P: Education	587	910
Q: Human health & social work	372	937
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	947	965
T: Activities of households	93	883
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	763	215
B: Mining & quarrying	163	3
C: Manufacturing	22,188	6,115
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	835	314
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	165	22
F: Construction	5,533	260
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,630	5,224
H: Transport & storage	4,089	678
I: Accommodation & catering	584	1,024
J: Information & communication	972	483
K: Financial & insurance	696	622
L: Real estate activities.	158	190
M: Professional, scientific & technical	652	437
N: Administrative & support	139	273
O: Public administration & defence	7,900	2,121
P: Education	1,549	3,153
Q: Human health & social work	917	1,938
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	790	1,248
T: Activities of households	66	450
U: Extraterritorial bodies	11	0

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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