Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	430	21
Textiles & clothing	1,397	613
Wood & paper	201	26
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	507	6
High tech.	402	3
Other	206	11

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	387	30
Textiles & clothing	1,009	1,885
Wood & paper	155	10
Chemicals	40	2
Low tech	360	8
High tech.	243	3
Other	159	49

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	332	31
Textiles & clothing	765	1,757
Wood & paper	107	8
Chemicals	36	0
Low tech	408	3
High tech.	277	5
Other	335	94

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	516	84
Textiles & clothing	884	1,446
Wood & paper	75	0
Chemicals	44	4
Low tech	431	5
High tech.	365	1
Other	380	294

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	718	62
Textiles & clothing	487	688
Wood & paper	109	3
Chemicals	24	1
Low tech	164	4
High tech.	682	35
Other	174	35

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	821	132
Textiles & clothing	282	494
Wood & paper	123	5
Chemicals	36	8
Low tech	120	14
High tech.	906	100
Other	189	183

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	761	186
Textiles & clothing	370	263
Wood & paper	359	43
Chemicals	523	147
Low tech	564	55
High tech.	2,512	395
Other	314	98

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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