Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,037	18
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	1,116	256
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	477	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	369	108
H: Transport & storage	249	2
I: Accommodation & catering	58	17
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	17	0
L: Real estate activities.	14	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	62	0
N: Administrative & support	420	4
O: Public administration & defence	109	1
P: Education	40	75
Q: Human health & social work	40	39
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	55	148
T: Activities of households	332	1,402
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,390	117
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	775	361
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	0
F: Construction	566	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	311	85
H: Transport & storage	235	4
I: Accommodation & catering	129	105
J: Information & communication	6	0
K: Financial & insurance	24	1
L: Real estate activities.	61	52
M: Professional, scientific & technical	103	0
N: Administrative & support	69	2
O: Public administration & defence	162	7
P: Education	37	103
Q: Human health & social work	31	33
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	64	301
T: Activities of households	323	1,205
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,188	18
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	685	355
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	692	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	435	85
H: Transport & storage	414	2
I: Accommodation & catering	142	52
J: Information & communication	21	5
K: Financial & insurance	28	0
L: Real estate activities.	18	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	130	2
N: Administrative & support	131	12
O: Public administration & defence	168	12
P: Education	44	153
Q: Human health & social work	34	49
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	75	406
T: Activities of households	498	2,130
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,014	38
B: Mining & quarrying	29	0
C: Manufacturing	1,900	1,004
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	131	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	31	0
F: Construction	1,538	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,493	465
H: Transport & storage	1,349	20
I: Accommodation & catering	216	267
J: Information & communication	76	43
K: Financial & insurance	286	8
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	246	26
N: Administrative & support	624	204
O: Public administration & defence	978	114
P: Education	124	352
Q: Human health & social work	169	464
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	470	1,031
T: Activities of households	926	4,143
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	870	99
B: Mining & quarrying	35	0
C: Manufacturing	3,797	1,090
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	219	12
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	216	2
F: Construction	2,102	36
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,604	995
H: Transport & storage	1,274	139
I: Accommodation & catering	403	485
J: Information & communication	82	23
K: Financial & insurance	787	130
L: Real estate activities.	127	18
M: Professional, scientific & technical	467	114
N: Administrative & support	1	4
O: Public administration & defence	1,103	101
P: Education	260	355
Q: Human health & social work	352	433
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	766	745
T: Activities of households	1,620	4,589
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	718	167
B: Mining & quarrying	21	0
C: Manufacturing	10,154	2,902
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	269	14
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	290	4
F: Construction	2,265	110
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,577	1,537
H: Transport & storage	917	300
I: Accommodation & catering	883	1,437
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	491	388
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	740	753
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,220	768
P: Education	252	675
Q: Human health & social work	191	593
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	702	696
T: Activities of households	820	2,086
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	331	80
B: Mining & quarrying	119	0
C: Manufacturing	13,581	3,941
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	84	30
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	162	0
F: Construction	2,337	302
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,246	2,670
H: Transport & storage	1,075	304
I: Accommodation & catering	560	617
J: Information & communication	694	314
K: Financial & insurance	495	349
L: Real estate activities.	167	97
M: Professional, scientific & technical	801	398
N: Administrative & support	583	1,082
O: Public administration & defence	1,955	1,587
P: Education	675	1,882
Q: Human health & social work	333	837
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	611	954
T: Activities of households	334	1,036
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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