Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	334	33
Textiles & clothing	1,972	1,150
Wood & paper	565	13
Chemicals	77	3
Low tech	782	14
High tech.	1,115	7
Other	741	56

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	533	48
Textiles & clothing	1,831	2,443
Wood & paper	458	9
Chemicals	259	15
Low tech	826	13
High tech.	1,296	1
Other	608	61

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,816	114
Textiles & clothing	2,303	3,754
Wood & paper	1,167	109
Chemicals	549	150
Low tech	2,098	38
High tech.	3,511	19
Other	2,567	467

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,410	1,834
Textiles & clothing	2,306	4,660
Wood & paper	2,680	345
Chemicals	4,553	1,985
Low tech	3,931	1,030
High tech.	8,310	13
Other	3,097	824

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	7,080	2,780
Textiles & clothing	1,792	2,596
Wood & paper	2,076	432
Chemicals	3,144	1,730
Low tech	2,693	1,795
High tech.	6,648	308
Other	2,186	996

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,348	3,124
Textiles & clothing	1,576	2,669
Wood & paper	2,954	929
Chemicals	5,672	2,422
Low tech	4,716	2,448
High tech.	8,090	658
Other	2,387	1,202

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,915	3,562
Textiles & clothing	929	1,126
Wood & paper	2,844	958
Chemicals	4,147	3,631
Low tech	3,368	1,825
High tech.	9,464	2,784
Other	829	296

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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