Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	102	1
Textiles & clothing	256	169
Wood & paper	39	0
Chemicals	5	1
Low tech	75	0
High tech.	101	0
Other	48	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	74	6
Textiles & clothing	158	224
Wood & paper	35	0
Chemicals	16	0
Low tech	82	1
High tech.	45	0
Other	49	6

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	283	35
Textiles & clothing	373	877
Wood & paper	108	14
Chemicals	82	7
Low tech	320	7
High tech.	183	3
Other	414	75

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	470	173
Textiles & clothing	448	1,347
Wood & paper	61	9
Chemicals	98	12
Low tech	311	3
High tech.	344	2
Other	609	76

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	463	132
Textiles & clothing	320	411
Wood & paper	114	10
Chemicals	35	1
Low tech	173	8
High tech.	473	23
Other	532	97

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	328	84
Textiles & clothing	42	116
Wood & paper	65	3
Chemicals	26	1
Low tech	113	5
High tech.	215	118
Other	518	130

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	140	80
Textiles & clothing	50	306
Wood & paper	150	20
Chemicals	130	40
Low tech	388	40
High tech.	1,555	1,155
Other	495	149

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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