Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	40	2
Textiles & clothing	96	51
Wood & paper	20	2
Chemicals	5	1
Low tech	74	1
High tech.	38	1
Other	25	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	72	7
Textiles & clothing	151	232
Wood & paper	30	2
Chemicals	21	1
Low tech	218	3
High tech.	87	0
Other	84	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	384	60
Textiles & clothing	945	1,418
Wood & paper	346	96
Chemicals	343	90
Low tech	776	31
High tech.	509	11
Other	1,720	436

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,588	1,141
Textiles & clothing	2,674	6,963
Wood & paper	1,188	754
Chemicals	828	391
Low tech	3,016	286
High tech.	3,652	101
Other	6,090	963

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,720	2,207
Textiles & clothing	3,988	7,860
Wood & paper	1,668	1,216
Chemicals	1,219	595
Low tech	2,757	627
High tech.	5,495	2,282
Other	9,815	2,495

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,828	1,283
Textiles & clothing	2,111	4,332
Wood & paper	1,285	1,391
Chemicals	620	366
Low tech	2,582	908
High tech.	5,948	3,063
Other	7,021	3,101

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,990	1,440
Textiles & clothing	1,480	3,090
Wood & paper	940	780
Chemicals	1,070	710
Low tech	2,560	690
High tech.	5,720	3,370
Other	2,220	890

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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