Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	17,678	2,710
B: Mining & quarrying	465	11
C: Manufacturing	15,457	4,996
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	1
F: Construction	3,139	18
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,015	365
H: Transport & storage	1,319	34
I: Accommodation & catering	606	161
J: Information & communication	7	0
K: Financial & insurance	24	4
L: Real estate activities.	58	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	251	0
N: Administrative & support	1,359	38
O: Public administration & defence	330	8
P: Education	198	468
Q: Human health & social work	179	132
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	382	417
T: Activities of households	1,996	7,049
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	18,414	4,290
B: Mining & quarrying	588	64
C: Manufacturing	15,637	10,592
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	41	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	45	6
F: Construction	4,763	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,760	902
H: Transport & storage	2,128	137
I: Accommodation & catering	980	927
J: Information & communication	57	9
K: Financial & insurance	54	6
L: Real estate activities.	404	509
M: Professional, scientific & technical	497	0
N: Administrative & support	463	78
O: Public administration & defence	545	24
P: Education	200	834
Q: Human health & social work	178	235
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	606	2,163
T: Activities of households	934	6,921
U: Extraterritorial bodies	13	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,210	1,215
B: Mining & quarrying	500	53
C: Manufacturing	18,408	13,556
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	77	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	1
F: Construction	5,294	31
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,985	981
H: Transport & storage	2,846	75
I: Accommodation & catering	868	577
J: Information & communication	104	41
K: Financial & insurance	209	8
L: Real estate activities.	106	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	571	10
N: Administrative & support	1,226	52
O: Public administration & defence	981	66
P: Education	374	1,258
Q: Human health & social work	166	331
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	611	2,708
T: Activities of households	1,686	10,945
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,131	779
B: Mining & quarrying	1,306	13
C: Manufacturing	30,779	17,406
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	461	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	101	1
F: Construction	6,631	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,538	3,106
H: Transport & storage	7,586	202
I: Accommodation & catering	1,212	1,625
J: Information & communication	202	187
K: Financial & insurance	966	60
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	628	45
N: Administrative & support	3,086	1,171
O: Public administration & defence	1,924	380
P: Education	658	1,899
Q: Human health & social work	378	1,095
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,538	3,900
T: Activities of households	2,480	10,507
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,488	1,063
B: Mining & quarrying	1,064	65
C: Manufacturing	26,080	14,482
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,343	55
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	198	13
F: Construction	5,216	54
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,098	4,334
H: Transport & storage	6,211	502
I: Accommodation & catering	1,452	2,013
J: Information & communication	17	6
K: Financial & insurance	884	160
L: Real estate activities.	298	49
M: Professional, scientific & technical	702	218
N: Administrative & support	3	7
O: Public administration & defence	3,789	298
P: Education	929	2,284
Q: Human health & social work	660	1,366
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,668	1,514
T: Activities of households	3,198	9,212
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,763	1,988
B: Mining & quarrying	601	55
C: Manufacturing	36,452	17,365
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,290	210
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	214	11
F: Construction	7,912	198
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,278	7,361
H: Transport & storage	6,619	1,027
I: Accommodation & catering	1,691	4,299
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,045	383
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	760	483
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	9,826	1,914
P: Education	1,504	2,719
Q: Human health & social work	1,284	3,081
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,107	1,969
T: Activities of households	1,219	3,330
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,202	1,325
B: Mining & quarrying	185	12
C: Manufacturing	44,085	12,682
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,160	448
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	310	55
F: Construction	11,478	451
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,513	9,583
H: Transport & storage	6,173	954
I: Accommodation & catering	1,709	2,360
J: Information & communication	1,060	399
K: Financial & insurance	1,372	944
L: Real estate activities.	211	157
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,818	895
N: Administrative & support	390	411
O: Public administration & defence	8,038	3,536
P: Education	3,100	5,379
Q: Human health & social work	2,000	3,996
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,446	1,677
T: Activities of households	349	1,371
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	6

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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