Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	139	8
Textiles & clothing	1,110	872
Wood & paper	101	1
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	369	41
High tech.	170	3
Other	77	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	169	17
Textiles & clothing	1,574	2,412
Wood & paper	80	1
Chemicals	20	1
Low tech	235	4
High tech.	132	0
Other	60	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	146	13
Textiles & clothing	422	896
Wood & paper	52	0
Chemicals	24	0
Low tech	303	3
High tech.	171	3
Other	205	15

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	298	99
Textiles & clothing	602	1,310
Wood & paper	96	42
Chemicals	115	50
Low tech	1,055	109
High tech.	1,089	130
Other	432	94

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	207	58
Textiles & clothing	334	613
Wood & paper	91	65
Chemicals	13	2
Low tech	447	26
High tech.	6,303	2,094
Other	215	94

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	218	68
Textiles & clothing	117	285
Wood & paper	44	14
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	544	236
High tech.	13,389	3,148
Other	280	128

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	115	41
Textiles & clothing	140	344
Wood & paper	142	15
Chemicals	113	35
Low tech	2,053	736
High tech.	9,384	2,011
Other	151	121

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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