Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,020	18
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	1,095	251
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	468	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	362	106
H: Transport & storage	244	2
I: Accommodation & catering	56	17
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	16	0
L: Real estate activities.	14	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	60	0
N: Administrative & support	412	4
O: Public administration & defence	107	1
P: Education	40	73
Q: Human health & social work	39	38
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	54	145
T: Activities of households	324	1,375
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,067	118
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	300	129
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	218	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	127	30
H: Transport & storage	93	3
I: Accommodation & catering	59	47
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	13
M: Professional, scientific & technical	32	0
N: Administrative & support	15	0
O: Public administration & defence	592	1
P: Education	13	39
Q: Human health & social work	12	13
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	22	104
T: Activities of households	122	408
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	809	8
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	264	104
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	241	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	144	25
H: Transport & storage	101	2
I: Accommodation & catering	44	15
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	15	2
N: Administrative & support	16	3
O: Public administration & defence	125	2
P: Education	27	55
Q: Human health & social work	6	19
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	58	113
T: Activities of households	224	584
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	721	18
B: Mining & quarrying	21	0
C: Manufacturing	1,216	418
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	82	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	0
F: Construction	988	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	947	193
H: Transport & storage	855	8
I: Accommodation & catering	138	112
J: Information & communication	47	17
K: Financial & insurance	180	4
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	154	11
N: Administrative & support	385	83
O: Public administration & defence	645	48
P: Education	79	149
Q: Human health & social work	108	195
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	300	434
T: Activities of households	627	1,769
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	641	36
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	895	221
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	89	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	0
F: Construction	975	14
G: Wholesale & retail trade	992	324
H: Transport & storage	414	36
I: Accommodation & catering	233	226
J: Information & communication	27	6
K: Financial & insurance	153	17
L: Real estate activities.	25	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	137	37
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	3,425	75
P: Education	79	139
Q: Human health & social work	105	166
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	396	318
T: Activities of households	947	2,146
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	746	93
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	1,084	570
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	169	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	95	12
F: Construction	924	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,125	701
H: Transport & storage	357	84
I: Accommodation & catering	204	342
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	130	58
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	82	90
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,939	110
P: Education	178	294
Q: Human health & social work	94	252
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	272	307
T: Activities of households	430	936
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	427	92
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	3,344	1,105
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	145	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	61	5
F: Construction	1,397	86
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,387	952
H: Transport & storage	924	217
I: Accommodation & catering	208	239
J: Information & communication	237	101
K: Financial & insurance	267	213
L: Real estate activities.	41	34
M: Professional, scientific & technical	451	225
N: Administrative & support	80	84
O: Public administration & defence	1,197	405
P: Education	358	769
Q: Human health & social work	340	547
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	221	267
T: Activities of households	165	393
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	1

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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