Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,126	2,570
B: Mining & quarrying	459	68
C: Manufacturing	8,138	1,909
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	5
F: Construction	2,854	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	848	290
H: Transport & storage	647	37
I: Accommodation & catering	262	137
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	18	0
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	168	0
N: Administrative & support	793	37
O: Public administration & defence	177	0
P: Education	272	136
Q: Human health & social work	121	32
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	226	121
T: Activities of households	1,316	6,534
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,649	4,396
B: Mining & quarrying	928	5
C: Manufacturing	9,530	4,722
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	33	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	28	8
F: Construction	3,985	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,713	598
H: Transport & storage	3,074	106
I: Accommodation & catering	182	179
J: Information & communication	39	7
K: Financial & insurance	60	0
L: Real estate activities.	328	249
M: Professional, scientific & technical	283	0
N: Administrative & support	301	17
O: Public administration & defence	314	17
P: Education	326	268
Q: Human health & social work	87	79
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	328	545
T: Activities of households	882	5,661
U: Extraterritorial bodies	14	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	13,521	4,363
B: Mining & quarrying	1,418	3
C: Manufacturing	12,876	8,280
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	71	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	39	2
F: Construction	5,166	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,608	727
H: Transport & storage	1,680	65
I: Accommodation & catering	200	199
J: Information & communication	134	21
K: Financial & insurance	208	4
L: Real estate activities.	22	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	371	9
N: Administrative & support	639	24
O: Public administration & defence	677	62
P: Education	360	445
Q: Human health & social work	150	134
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	369	457
T: Activities of households	1,812	5,909
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	11,629	2,127
B: Mining & quarrying	346	1
C: Manufacturing	11,173	8,769
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	113	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	81	1
F: Construction	2,971	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,466	850
H: Transport & storage	2,970	197
I: Accommodation & catering	307	214
J: Information & communication	72	23
K: Financial & insurance	317	2
L: Real estate activities.	37	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	393	15
N: Administrative & support	652	307
O: Public administration & defence	401	15
P: Education	250	450
Q: Human health & social work	174	301
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	562	717
T: Activities of households	1,732	4,523
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,715	1,168
B: Mining & quarrying	725	11
C: Manufacturing	10,943	7,635
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	242	15
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	1
F: Construction	2,150	52
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,139	1,770
H: Transport & storage	2,428	247
I: Accommodation & catering	493	555
J: Information & communication	7	1
K: Financial & insurance	435	54
L: Real estate activities.	980	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	302	183
N: Administrative & support	1	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,598	145
P: Education	250	689
Q: Human health & social work	208	485
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	749	517
T: Activities of households	1,442	4,439
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,997	861
B: Mining & quarrying	609	8
C: Manufacturing	9,526	6,577
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	439	64
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	0
F: Construction	3,302	108
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,474	2,012
H: Transport & storage	2,252	346
I: Accommodation & catering	625	938
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	371	101
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	231	236
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,622	351
P: Education	400	676
Q: Human health & social work	352	730
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	794	596
T: Activities of households	551	1,669
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,324	649
B: Mining & quarrying	507	3
C: Manufacturing	8,498	6,115
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	397	105
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	53	10
F: Construction	3,035	161
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,471	2,741
H: Transport & storage	1,335	200
I: Accommodation & catering	697	901
J: Information & communication	144	76
K: Financial & insurance	332	256
L: Real estate activities.	170	41
M: Professional, scientific & technical	276	222
N: Administrative & support	71	81
O: Public administration & defence	1,452	1,078
P: Education	656	1,308
Q: Human health & social work	494	1,084
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	477	504
T: Activities of households	324	1,292
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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