Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	7,290	1,450
Mining	490	30
Food	3,210	1,330
Coal & petroleum products	0	0
Chemicals	990	450
Metal Manufacture	150	40
Mechanical Engineering	5,700	870
Instrument Engineering	310	200
Electrical engineering	3,170	1,800
Shipbuilding	1,510	190
Vehicles	2,590	360
Other Metals	1,270	740
Textiles	810	450
Leather	10	0
Clothing & Footwear	100	410
Bricks etc	1,710	440
Timber, Furniture	1,030	150
Paper, Printing	1,000	320
Other Manufacturing	220	190
Construction	11,320	540
Gas, Electricity, Water	2,170	210
Transport	4,580	730
Distributive Trades	9,040	8,270
Finance	2,150	1,770
Professionals	8,400	11,410
Miscellaneous Services	7,460	9,130
Public Administration & Defence	12,040	3,190

Date:	Source:
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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