Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	29,547	771
B: Mining & quarrying	40	0
C: Manufacturing	10,491	1,846
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	8
F: Construction	4,758	23
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,444	415
H: Transport & storage	2,279	21
I: Accommodation & catering	731	208
J: Information & communication	47	7
K: Financial & insurance	45	2
L: Real estate activities.	82	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	257	0
N: Administrative & support	1,666	19
O: Public administration & defence	2,732	15
P: Education	319	536
Q: Human health & social work	321	247
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	491	672
T: Activities of households	3,524	12,102
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	27,154	3,479
B: Mining & quarrying	42	1
C: Manufacturing	9,964	4,673
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	44	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	8
F: Construction	5,955	25
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,176	1,008
H: Transport & storage	3,373	93
I: Accommodation & catering	1,160	1,173
J: Information & communication	36	6
K: Financial & insurance	51	5
L: Real estate activities.	580	511
M: Professional, scientific & technical	426	1
N: Administrative & support	307	11
O: Public administration & defence	10,066	61
P: Education	340	1,086
Q: Human health & social work	311	394
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	755	2,812
T: Activities of households	2,186	8,397
U: Extraterritorial bodies	14	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	22,885	599
B: Mining & quarrying	65	0
C: Manufacturing	9,842	4,091
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	92	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	6,737	34
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,634	822
H: Transport & storage	4,707	35
I: Accommodation & catering	1,164	533
J: Information & communication	105	36
K: Financial & insurance	177	7
L: Real estate activities.	133	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	508	7
N: Administrative & support	654	38
O: Public administration & defence	13,854	140
P: Education	572	1,547
Q: Human health & social work	296	459
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	760	3,035
T: Activities of households	3,676	14,868
U: Extraterritorial bodies	13	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	26,222	767
B: Mining & quarrying	205	1
C: Manufacturing	18,939	4,798
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	537	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	125	0
F: Construction	11,126	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,523	2,244
H: Transport & storage	12,144	126
I: Accommodation & catering	2,102	1,633
J: Information & communication	292	150
K: Financial & insurance	747	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	675	47
N: Administrative & support	1,337	413
O: Public administration & defence	34,169	545
P: Education	793	1,982
Q: Human health & social work	578	1,302
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,891	4,406
T: Activities of households	8,426	17,978
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,199	1,043
B: Mining & quarrying	270	0
C: Manufacturing	21,300	3,693
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,416	52
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	391	15
F: Construction	12,701	72
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,130	5,715
H: Transport & storage	10,655	781
I: Accommodation & catering	2,241	2,309
J: Information & communication	54	8
K: Financial & insurance	1,231	155
L: Real estate activities.	505	90
M: Professional, scientific & technical	964	253
N: Administrative & support	1	11
O: Public administration & defence	40,566	1,104
P: Education	1,318	2,768
Q: Human health & social work	1,196	2,202
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,127	2,830
T: Activities of households	11,602	20,432
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,258	2,397
B: Mining & quarrying	231	15
C: Manufacturing	41,714	9,655
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,257	191
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	395	10
F: Construction	18,837	342
G: Wholesale & retail trade	17,971	10,465
H: Transport & storage	11,656	1,542
I: Accommodation & catering	2,937	6,474
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,948	641
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	959	622
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	68,253	5,056
P: Education	2,074	3,676
Q: Human health & social work	2,223	4,443
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,951	4,114
T: Activities of households	4,253	8,187
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,953	1,509
B: Mining & quarrying	404	18
C: Manufacturing	71,047	17,996
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,644	673
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	592	69
F: Construction	29,926	996
G: Wholesale & retail trade	26,755	15,728
H: Transport & storage	12,414	1,923
I: Accommodation & catering	3,588	3,799
J: Information & communication	2,978	1,521
K: Financial & insurance	2,760	1,862
L: Real estate activities.	685	511
M: Professional, scientific & technical	8,393	2,032
N: Administrative & support	621	646
O: Public administration & defence	47,128	9,285
P: Education	5,503	10,422
Q: Human health & social work	3,316	5,651
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,741	3,861
T: Activities of households	1,794	3,441
U: Extraterritorial bodies	259	9

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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