Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,346	97
Textiles & clothing	7,051	3,913
Wood & paper	1,694	113
Chemicals	286	26
Low tech	2,881	42
High tech.	2,281	30
Other	2,612	157

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,235	87
Textiles & clothing	2,400	2,653
Wood & paper	846	87
Chemicals	159	7
Low tech	1,509	21
High tech.	664	4
Other	511	66

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,357	106
Textiles & clothing	1,959	2,873
Wood & paper	634	172
Chemicals	201	5
Low tech	1,724	23
High tech.	1,017	4
Other	1,478	261

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,513	965
Textiles & clothing	2,845	5,516
Wood & paper	795	112
Chemicals	901	175
Low tech	2,717	114
High tech.	4,192	140
Other	3,720	586

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,353	848
Textiles & clothing	2,721	2,483
Wood & paper	1,162	206
Chemicals	978	293
Low tech	2,902	162
High tech.	10,240	1,226
Other	5,159	1,224

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,333	1,516
Textiles & clothing	2,022	2,678
Wood & paper	2,388	426
Chemicals	2,424	1,068
Low tech	5,969	1,340
High tech.	24,818	5,474
Other	7,718	3,599

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,487	1,070
Textiles & clothing	1,002	1,165
Wood & paper	2,706	453
Chemicals	7,580	3,485
Low tech	9,011	2,329
High tech.	41,664	11,361
Other	4,132	1,923

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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