Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	423	19
Textiles & clothing	858	403
Wood & paper	329	1,278
Chemicals	6	1
Low tech	366	6
High tech.	378	5
Other	71	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	719	25
Textiles & clothing	542	777
Wood & paper	147	2
Chemicals	29	3
Low tech	321	7
High tech.	194	0
Other	92	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	731	44
Textiles & clothing	376	553
Wood & paper	122	5
Chemicals	28	4
Low tech	357	5
High tech.	224	2
Other	245	28

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	486	172
Textiles & clothing	504	1,040
Wood & paper	311	182
Chemicals	159	73
Low tech	439	13
High tech.	493	5
Other	638	218

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,110	146
Textiles & clothing	359	263
Wood & paper	323	201
Chemicals	226	249
Low tech	258	41
High tech.	649	41
Other	516	319

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	917	213
Textiles & clothing	174	183
Wood & paper	167	225
Chemicals	800	646
Low tech	429	76
High tech.	1,688	275
Other	740	579

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	502	154
Textiles & clothing	163	223
Wood & paper	682	105
Chemicals	1,704	542
Low tech	1,666	239
High tech.	6,421	1,188
Other	685	257

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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