Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	28,403	1,319
B: Mining & quarrying	167	1
C: Manufacturing	9,104	1,776
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	9
F: Construction	3,585	21
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,515	359
H: Transport & storage	1,233	22
I: Accommodation & catering	935	228
J: Information & communication	13	2
K: Financial & insurance	23	0
L: Real estate activities.	42	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	227	0
N: Administrative & support	1,476	37
O: Public administration & defence	295	6
P: Education	249	476
Q: Human health & social work	198	271
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	474	390
T: Activities of households	3,311	9,224
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	31,169	6,189
B: Mining & quarrying	32	0
C: Manufacturing	9,340	5,445
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	56	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	5
F: Construction	3,902	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,133	1,150
H: Transport & storage	1,729	76
I: Accommodation & catering	1,186	1,356
J: Information & communication	86	13
K: Financial & insurance	28	2
L: Real estate activities.	395	574
M: Professional, scientific & technical	442	1
N: Administrative & support	333	14
O: Public administration & defence	533	40
P: Education	307	896
Q: Human health & social work	177	383
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	903	1,685
T: Activities of households	1,068	6,241
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	26,940	1,448
B: Mining & quarrying	623	6
C: Manufacturing	8,725	4,499
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	87	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	41	1
F: Construction	4,683	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,242	802
H: Transport & storage	2,444	35
I: Accommodation & catering	988	453
J: Information & communication	121	27
K: Financial & insurance	142	1
L: Real estate activities.	92	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	490	8
N: Administrative & support	650	32
O: Public administration & defence	848	74
P: Education	523	1,297
Q: Human health & social work	176	404
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	952	2,299
T: Activities of households	1,729	10,661
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	34,643	1,275
B: Mining & quarrying	191	0
C: Manufacturing	12,026	5,599
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	288	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	77	0
F: Construction	6,444	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,209	1,970
H: Transport & storage	7,468	74
I: Accommodation & catering	1,376	1,876
J: Information & communication	242	96
K: Financial & insurance	480	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	515	36
N: Administrative & support	851	332
O: Public administration & defence	1,520	364
P: Education	1,350	2,113
Q: Human health & social work	337	850
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,481	3,274
T: Activities of households	2,868	12,055
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	28,324	1,418
B: Mining & quarrying	203	3
C: Manufacturing	13,174	4,961
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	740	27
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	107	4
F: Construction	6,060	59
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,812	3,520
H: Transport & storage	7,588	447
I: Accommodation & catering	1,372	1,777
J: Information & communication	31	5
K: Financial & insurance	758	143
L: Real estate activities.	256	33
M: Professional, scientific & technical	696	245
N: Administrative & support	3	15
O: Public administration & defence	3,997	197
P: Education	2,701	2,689
Q: Human health & social work	598	976
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,910	1,088
T: Activities of households	2,496	9,145
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	26,751	2,987
B: Mining & quarrying	256	14
C: Manufacturing	16,465	7,016
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,679	165
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	196	11
F: Construction	9,643	184
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,697	6,250
H: Transport & storage	8,846	1,162
I: Accommodation & catering	1,711	2,929
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,090	448
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,016	633
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	12,464	2,067
P: Education	3,768	3,513
Q: Human health & social work	1,272	2,305
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,281	1,717
T: Activities of households	1,063	3,429
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	12,682	1,287
B: Mining & quarrying	256	9
C: Manufacturing	28,400	6,602
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,229	53
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	321	0
F: Construction	13,131	469
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,332	6,962
H: Transport & storage	7,488	1,117
I: Accommodation & catering	1,468	1,607
J: Information & communication	1,778	706
K: Financial & insurance	1,536	1,081
L: Real estate activities.	270	122
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,228	1,616
N: Administrative & support	260	288
O: Public administration & defence	11,333	2,984
P: Education	7,138	7,584
Q: Human health & social work	2,302	3,431
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,571	1,532
T: Activities of households	358	1,406
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1,904	40

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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