Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,393	131
Textiles & clothing	13,284	9,433
Wood & paper	1,458	78
Chemicals	383	25
Low tech	3,336	96
High tech.	3,698	46
Other	6,668	497

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,995	493
Textiles & clothing	14,487	20,754
Wood & paper	1,402	125
Chemicals	1,126	72
Low tech	4,320	178
High tech.	3,111	65
Other	6,490	952

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,828	518
Textiles & clothing	10,671	20,901
Wood & paper	1,388	422
Chemicals	1,225	122
Low tech	4,072	176
High tech.	3,134	64
Other	8,683	3,059

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,044	823
Textiles & clothing	6,576	17,428
Wood & paper	590	308
Chemicals	854	148
Low tech	3,021	244
High tech.	4,472	63
Other	4,645	1,120

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,194	1,185
Textiles & clothing	4,605	9,869
Wood & paper	640	357
Chemicals	921	619
Low tech	1,739	314
High tech.	5,473	1,133
Other	4,585	1,820

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,512	2,332
Textiles & clothing	17,782	30,253
Wood & paper	1,504	769
Chemicals	5,879	5,057
Low tech	5,423	2,624
High tech.	16,367	6,503
Other	25,287	11,797

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,320	1,320
Textiles & clothing	9,140	10,040
Wood & paper	1,030	580
Chemicals	5,400	3,890
Low tech	4,430	2,460
High tech.	12,800	4,660
Other	5,640	4,130

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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