Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	22,775	386
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	13,087	4,378
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	17	1
F: Construction	3,285	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,486	254
H: Transport & storage	856	30
I: Accommodation & catering	642	154
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	27	2
L: Real estate activities.	33	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	142	0
N: Administrative & support	1,007	15
O: Public administration & defence	914	8
P: Education	230	331
Q: Human health & social work	180	171
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	400	264
T: Activities of households	2,250	7,456
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	22,753	2,956
B: Mining & quarrying	224	0
C: Manufacturing	16,995	15,004
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	40	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	7
F: Construction	4,112	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,758	916
H: Transport & storage	1,538	99
I: Accommodation & catering	815	863
J: Information & communication	45	2
K: Financial & insurance	37	1
L: Real estate activities.	332	356
M: Professional, scientific & technical	288	1
N: Administrative & support	234	26
O: Public administration & defence	1,026	25
P: Education	232	766
Q: Human health & social work	175	339
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	633	1,398
T: Activities of households	1,028	5,051
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,599	288
B: Mining & quarrying	1,495	4
C: Manufacturing	22,710	13,024
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	85	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	1
F: Construction	6,311	25
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,007	725
H: Transport & storage	2,501	53
I: Accommodation & catering	762	332
J: Information & communication	82	28
K: Financial & insurance	144	6
L: Real estate activities.	76	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	359	10
N: Administrative & support	777	22
O: Public administration & defence	1,211	85
P: Education	392	1,130
Q: Human health & social work	200	448
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	547	1,898
T: Activities of households	1,575	9,158
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	17,417	538
B: Mining & quarrying	2,818	2
C: Manufacturing	43,874	22,700
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	539	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	110	0
F: Construction	6,963	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,915	2,353
H: Transport & storage	7,987	146
I: Accommodation & catering	1,164	1,120
J: Information & communication	244	118
K: Financial & insurance	657	9
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	386	21
N: Administrative & support	2,208	813
O: Public administration & defence	2,065	362
P: Education	679	1,745
Q: Human health & social work	410	871
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,621	2,621
T: Activities of households	3,587	9,314
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,659	316
B: Mining & quarrying	1,631	1
C: Manufacturing	42,698	24,545
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,503	54
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	208	37
F: Construction	6,055	68
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,847	3,924
H: Transport & storage	7,664	439
I: Accommodation & catering	1,308	1,049
J: Information & communication	21	4
K: Financial & insurance	958	165
L: Real estate activities.	243	24
M: Professional, scientific & technical	589	198
N: Administrative & support	0	5
O: Public administration & defence	5,144	221
P: Education	858	1,717
Q: Human health & social work	871	1,348
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,977	1,006
T: Activities of households	3,490	7,683
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,102	880
B: Mining & quarrying	1,552	16
C: Manufacturing	51,956	28,178
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,249	185
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	204	11
F: Construction	9,873	186
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,615	6,874
H: Transport & storage	8,170	1,033
I: Accommodation & catering	1,487	2,775
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,371	494
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	754	438
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,869	985
P: Education	1,356	2,057
Q: Human health & social work	1,316	2,692
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,353	1,574
T: Activities of households	1,075	2,658
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,980	525
B: Mining & quarrying	301	12
C: Manufacturing	59,286	21,661
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,715	275
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	321	27
F: Construction	14,058	423
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,282	9,489
H: Transport & storage	8,116	1,086
I: Accommodation & catering	1,606	2,096
J: Information & communication	1,569	780
K: Financial & insurance	1,914	2,486
L: Real estate activities.	241	194
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,501	842
N: Administrative & support	470	478
O: Public administration & defence	6,296	3,123
P: Education	2,815	4,491
Q: Human health & social work	2,085	4,158
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,865	1,562
T: Activities of households	393	1,075
U: Extraterritorial bodies	647	34

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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