Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,770	205
B: Mining & quarrying	1,311	3
C: Manufacturing	9,348	4,639
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	1,281	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	552	171
H: Transport & storage	536	16
I: Accommodation & catering	176	79
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	15	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	83	0
N: Administrative & support	378	18
O: Public administration & defence	74	0
P: Education	125	33
Q: Human health & social work	69	8
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	103	133
T: Activities of households	580	3,098
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,558	1,204
B: Mining & quarrying	5,615	5
C: Manufacturing	9,085	8,366
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	36	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	5
F: Construction	1,774	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,279	431
H: Transport & storage	1,670	47
I: Accommodation & catering	106	92
J: Information & communication	26	5
K: Financial & insurance	59	2
L: Real estate activities.	142	123
M: Professional, scientific & technical	129	0
N: Administrative & support	202	7
O: Public administration & defence	105	3
P: Education	178	110
Q: Human health & social work	49	33
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	149	292
T: Activities of households	171	2,556
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,068	1,225
B: Mining & quarrying	6,194	1
C: Manufacturing	9,330	5,563
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	50	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	4
F: Construction	2,524	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,599	650
H: Transport & storage	1,588	79
I: Accommodation & catering	96	192
J: Information & communication	39	8
K: Financial & insurance	143	10
L: Real estate activities.	18	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	230	5
N: Administrative & support	501	18
O: Public administration & defence	268	32
P: Education	197	218
Q: Human health & social work	78	61
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	198	336
T: Activities of households	556	2,662
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,417	874
B: Mining & quarrying	6,465	5
C: Manufacturing	11,818	5,600
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	121	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	81	8
F: Construction	2,437	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,037	1,188
H: Transport & storage	3,296	219
I: Accommodation & catering	288	177
J: Information & communication	42	20
K: Financial & insurance	307	13
L: Real estate activities.	28	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	350	19
N: Administrative & support	831	379
O: Public administration & defence	269	11
P: Education	217	394
Q: Human health & social work	133	250
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	381	464
T: Activities of households	591	2,660
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,141	478
B: Mining & quarrying	5,682	30
C: Manufacturing	12,187	6,504
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	518	27
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	39	5
F: Construction	2,394	61
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,977	2,236
H: Transport & storage	3,430	384
I: Accommodation & catering	361	393
J: Information & communication	14	7
K: Financial & insurance	453	77
L: Real estate activities.	268	20
M: Professional, scientific & technical	308	171
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,320	124
P: Education	363	685
Q: Human health & social work	179	400
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	617	342
T: Activities of households	450	2,475
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,019	455
B: Mining & quarrying	4,428	42
C: Manufacturing	14,659	7,100
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	819	99
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	53	1
F: Construction	3,630	136
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,539	2,668
H: Transport & storage	3,175	751
I: Accommodation & catering	545	966
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	377	139
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	229	172
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,931	358
P: Education	427	721
Q: Human health & social work	372	904
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	746	493
T: Activities of households	161	718
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,373	309
B: Mining & quarrying	2,237	22
C: Manufacturing	17,127	7,344
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	862	137
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	3
F: Construction	4,495	212
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,129	3,823
H: Transport & storage	2,632	732
I: Accommodation & catering	465	1,193
J: Information & communication	113	111
K: Financial & insurance	356	226
L: Real estate activities.	34	37
M: Professional, scientific & technical	319	329
N: Administrative & support	30	96
O: Public administration & defence	1,873	862
P: Education	720	1,957
Q: Human health & social work	404	1,475
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	469	575
T: Activities of households	69	447
U: Extraterritorial bodies	19	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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