Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,502	284
B: Mining & quarrying	510	19
C: Manufacturing	3,061	1,169
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	2
F: Construction	1,583	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	596	128
H: Transport & storage	546	6
I: Accommodation & catering	165	46
J: Information & communication	24	1
K: Financial & insurance	20	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	129	0
N: Administrative & support	309	6
O: Public administration & defence	117	4
P: Education	65	115
Q: Human health & social work	87	61
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	101	201
T: Activities of households	594	2,870
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,594	1,864
B: Mining & quarrying	52	0
C: Manufacturing	2,293	1,315
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	4
F: Construction	1,409	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	675	381
H: Transport & storage	780	18
I: Accommodation & catering	208	273
J: Information & communication	5	2
K: Financial & insurance	10	1
L: Real estate activities.	158	208
M: Professional, scientific & technical	134	0
N: Administrative & support	71	19
O: Public administration & defence	130	4
P: Education	58	236
Q: Human health & social work	53	79
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	174	505
T: Activities of households	150	1,523
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,458	267
B: Mining & quarrying	43	0
C: Manufacturing	2,367	1,029
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	1,131	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	685	240
H: Transport & storage	829	7
I: Accommodation & catering	167	91
J: Information & communication	15	4
K: Financial & insurance	33	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	147	4
N: Administrative & support	124	7
O: Public administration & defence	176	17
P: Education	96	252
Q: Human health & social work	31	85
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	108	515
T: Activities of households	212	2,249
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,985	390
B: Mining & quarrying	959	2
C: Manufacturing	3,502	2,748
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	83	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	1,621	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,287	538
H: Transport & storage	1,544	19
I: Accommodation & catering	237	377
J: Information & communication	41	42
K: Financial & insurance	174	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	124	6
N: Administrative & support	255	88
O: Public administration & defence	379	83
P: Education	121	432
Q: Human health & social work	85	239
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	335	1,026
T: Activities of households	656	2,835
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,823	188
B: Mining & quarrying	155	2
C: Manufacturing	3,526	1,215
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	128	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	1
F: Construction	1,339	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,067	777
H: Transport & storage	1,255	95
I: Accommodation & catering	216	422
J: Information & communication	12	1
K: Financial & insurance	181	26
L: Real estate activities.	52	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	124	28
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	716	44
P: Education	147	421
Q: Human health & social work	114	247
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	283	226
T: Activities of households	622	2,075
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,372	359
B: Mining & quarrying	136	1
C: Manufacturing	5,912	2,109
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	263	22
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	0
F: Construction	2,178	58
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,507	1,321
H: Transport & storage	1,037	156
I: Accommodation & catering	338	638
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	194	72
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	153	79
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,950	274
P: Education	228	476
Q: Human health & social work	128	434
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	374	371
T: Activities of households	191	726
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,970	217
B: Mining & quarrying	296	6
C: Manufacturing	6,713	1,503
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	538	25
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	42	2
F: Construction	2,273	53
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,704	1,059
H: Transport & storage	1,188	108
I: Accommodation & catering	403	308
J: Information & communication	449	92
K: Financial & insurance	261	114
L: Real estate activities.	71	28
M: Professional, scientific & technical	308	119
N: Administrative & support	50	27
O: Public administration & defence	1,881	392
P: Education	640	728
Q: Human health & social work	395	509
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	302	202
T: Activities of households	128	274
U: Extraterritorial bodies	24	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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