Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	913	25
B: Mining & quarrying	255	4
C: Manufacturing	1,519	500
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	237	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	53	28
H: Transport & storage	68	2
I: Accommodation & catering	28	11
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	7	0
N: Administrative & support	72	1
O: Public administration & defence	16	0
P: Education	18	6
Q: Human health & social work	10	1
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	20	6
T: Activities of households	85	480
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	740	138
B: Mining & quarrying	541	0
C: Manufacturing	1,376	771
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	235	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	136	60
H: Transport & storage	252	9
I: Accommodation & catering	15	17
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	21	22
M: Professional, scientific & technical	16	0
N: Administrative & support	33	2
O: Public administration & defence	20	1
P: Education	23	15
Q: Human health & social work	6	4
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	21	45
T: Activities of households	41	348
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	530	149
B: Mining & quarrying	786	9
C: Manufacturing	1,441	670
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	356	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	211	75
H: Transport & storage	297	5
I: Accommodation & catering	9	12
J: Information & communication	6	2
K: Financial & insurance	19	0
L: Real estate activities.	3	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	26	1
N: Administrative & support	93	3
O: Public administration & defence	45	3
P: Education	23	35
Q: Human health & social work	11	13
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	26	49
T: Activities of households	106	486
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	893	238
B: Mining & quarrying	2,222	41
C: Manufacturing	5,755	2,282
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	91	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	50	5
F: Construction	1,031	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,055	535
H: Transport & storage	1,935	143
I: Accommodation & catering	174	81
J: Information & communication	23	10
K: Financial & insurance	174	8
L: Real estate activities.	21	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	172	9
N: Administrative & support	658	303
O: Public administration & defence	173	8
P: Education	96	209
Q: Human health & social work	80	216
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	204	374
T: Activities of households	309	1,427
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	817	129
B: Mining & quarrying	2,065	35
C: Manufacturing	4,352	1,304
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	87	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	1
F: Construction	722	23
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,286	864
H: Transport & storage	1,282	174
I: Accommodation & catering	135	154
J: Information & communication	6	3
K: Financial & insurance	195	40
L: Real estate activities.	101	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	145	54
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	531	59
P: Education	124	322
Q: Human health & social work	128	279
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	215	204
T: Activities of households	283	1,374
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	873	145
B: Mining & quarrying	1,784	20
C: Manufacturing	4,841	1,861
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	157	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	0
F: Construction	1,606	53
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,212	920
H: Transport & storage	1,156	330
I: Accommodation & catering	190	355
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	104	38
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	82	36
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,228	123
P: Education	138	363
Q: Human health & social work	280	572
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	287	232
T: Activities of households	151	577
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	490	140
B: Mining & quarrying	413	6
C: Manufacturing	7,606	3,199
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	180	25
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	2
F: Construction	2,665	138
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,777	1,806
H: Transport & storage	1,337	323
I: Accommodation & catering	264	529
J: Information & communication	165	87
K: Financial & insurance	197	126
L: Real estate activities.	21	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	265	130
N: Administrative & support	34	28
O: Public administration & defence	2,386	615
P: Education	540	1,444
Q: Human health & social work	311	1,091
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	246	313
T: Activities of households	35	266
U: Extraterritorial bodies	16	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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