Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,867	430
B: Mining & quarrying	352	8
C: Manufacturing	3,268	1,514
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	5
F: Construction	1,781	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	551	146
H: Transport & storage	567	9
I: Accommodation & catering	190	53
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	25	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	85	0
N: Administrative & support	325	4
O: Public administration & defence	242	6
P: Education	90	153
Q: Human health & social work	73	74
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	110	177
T: Activities of households	2,050	3,951
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,830	1,719
B: Mining & quarrying	2,406	1
C: Manufacturing	1,946	1,324
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	1,153	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	438	215
H: Transport & storage	383	19
I: Accommodation & catering	158	159
J: Information & communication	4	2
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	84	74
M: Professional, scientific & technical	74	0
N: Administrative & support	70	2
O: Public administration & defence	245	7
P: Education	58	138
Q: Human health & social work	28	54
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	99	153
T: Activities of households	95	1,101
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,468	138
B: Mining & quarrying	945	23
C: Manufacturing	1,571	850
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	1,126	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	405	193
H: Transport & storage	332	1
I: Accommodation & catering	115	59
J: Information & communication	5	8
K: Financial & insurance	24	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	67	1
N: Administrative & support	77	3
O: Public administration & defence	357	13
P: Education	75	186
Q: Human health & social work	32	45
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	99	279
T: Activities of households	178	2,001
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,333	637
B: Mining & quarrying	296	0
C: Manufacturing	1,497	899
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	28	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	1,167	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	651	307
H: Transport & storage	843	9
I: Accommodation & catering	162	246
J: Information & communication	17	17
K: Financial & insurance	79	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	62	4
N: Administrative & support	70	27
O: Public administration & defence	788	60
P: Education	82	241
Q: Human health & social work	67	161
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	226	494
T: Activities of households	633	2,210
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,135	186
B: Mining & quarrying	225	2
C: Manufacturing	1,061	151
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	53	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	0
F: Construction	837	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,082	371
H: Transport & storage	1,039	67
I: Accommodation & catering	321	466
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	111	8
L: Real estate activities.	37	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	98	20
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	944	29
P: Education	94	201
Q: Human health & social work	97	138
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	225	181
T: Activities of households	658	1,603
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,080	495
B: Mining & quarrying	389	3
C: Manufacturing	844	123
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	215	16
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	1
F: Construction	951	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,156	631
H: Transport & storage	821	89
I: Accommodation & catering	257	392
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	178	26
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	81	48
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,287	72
P: Education	171	237
Q: Human health & social work	70	198
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	224	218
T: Activities of households	264	725
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,809	190
B: Mining & quarrying	183	4
C: Manufacturing	1,819	323
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	152	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	1
F: Construction	1,388	36
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,532	497
H: Transport & storage	564	26
I: Accommodation & catering	383	248
J: Information & communication	55	17
K: Financial & insurance	124	48
L: Real estate activities.	89	18
M: Professional, scientific & technical	137	60
N: Administrative & support	14	8
O: Public administration & defence	892	138
P: Education	270	254
Q: Human health & social work	212	203
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	192	94
T: Activities of households	89	169
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	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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