Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,666	392
B: Mining & quarrying	10	0
C: Manufacturing	714	97
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	291	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	46	9
H: Transport & storage	91	2
I: Accommodation & catering	34	13
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	2	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	19	0
N: Administrative & support	94	3
O: Public administration & defence	78	0
P: Education	56	10
Q: Human health & social work	10	6
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	29	2
T: Activities of households	321	1,386
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,055	797
B: Mining & quarrying	26	0
C: Manufacturing	686	287
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	338	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	157	110
H: Transport & storage	236	7
I: Accommodation & catering	44	18
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	13
M: Professional, scientific & technical	18	0
N: Administrative & support	69	1
O: Public administration & defence	117	1
P: Education	74	22
Q: Human health & social work	8	18
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	49	40
T: Activities of households	85	1,806
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,670	1,400
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	610	199
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	478	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	245	126
H: Transport & storage	264	1
I: Accommodation & catering	31	28
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	24	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	27	0
N: Administrative & support	37	1
O: Public administration & defence	208	7
P: Education	65	53
Q: Human health & social work	12	16
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	47	40
T: Activities of households	149	900
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,764	1,573
B: Mining & quarrying	27	0
C: Manufacturing	1,048	1,626
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	746	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	528	138
H: Transport & storage	1,031	76
I: Accommodation & catering	96	100
J: Information & communication	8	4
K: Financial & insurance	73	1
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	55	2
N: Administrative & support	64	46
O: Public administration & defence	1,788	8
P: Education	97	203
Q: Human health & social work	43	98
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	177	227
T: Activities of households	307	1,667
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,969	304
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	1,069	909
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	18	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	834	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	839	284
H: Transport & storage	1,043	103
I: Accommodation & catering	149	255
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	84	7
L: Real estate activities.	475	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	46	21
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	746	36
P: Education	104	306
Q: Human health & social work	57	199
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	150	45
T: Activities of households	273	1,359
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,149	177
B: Mining & quarrying	55	1
C: Manufacturing	1,328	232
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	89	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	1,304	26
G: Wholesale & retail trade	750	421
H: Transport & storage	892	174
I: Accommodation & catering	184	424
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	82	22
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	49	29
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	828	83
P: Education	114	251
Q: Human health & social work	92	202
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	155	70
T: Activities of households	91	405
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,288	89
B: Mining & quarrying	29	0
C: Manufacturing	1,323	164
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	115	25
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	22	0
F: Construction	1,506	50
G: Wholesale & retail trade	690	530
H: Transport & storage	558	122
I: Accommodation & catering	248	547
J: Information & communication	32	5
K: Financial & insurance	57	31
L: Real estate activities.	44	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	57	35
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	555	226
P: Education	171	361
Q: Human health & social work	129	293
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	126	84
T: Activities of households	42	188
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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