Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,529	182
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	2,509	794
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	820	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	652	96
H: Transport & storage	542	7
I: Accommodation & catering	143	24
J: Information & communication	27	8
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	14	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	70	0
N: Administrative & support	505	2
O: Public administration & defence	149	1
P: Education	56	123
Q: Human health & social work	62	79
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	108	120
T: Activities of households	548	2,153
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,407	458
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	2,119	1,909
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	834	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	746	218
H: Transport & storage	846	6
I: Accommodation & catering	196	196
J: Information & communication	13	0
K: Financial & insurance	17	1
L: Real estate activities.	79	94
M: Professional, scientific & technical	99	1
N: Administrative & support	65	9
O: Public administration & defence	1,790	7
P: Education	33	198
Q: Human health & social work	50	90
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	132	379
T: Activities of households	199	1,286
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,556	42
B: Mining & quarrying	15	0
C: Manufacturing	2,380	2,452
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	20	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	0
F: Construction	1,078	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	745	206
H: Transport & storage	959	5
I: Accommodation & catering	191	87
J: Information & communication	25	8
K: Financial & insurance	43	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	127	2
N: Administrative & support	173	6
O: Public administration & defence	1,977	11
P: Education	77	263
Q: Human health & social work	44	116
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	117	515
T: Activities of households	304	2,142
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,858	97
B: Mining & quarrying	59	0
C: Manufacturing	4,319	1,570
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	276	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	49	0
F: Construction	1,964	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,914	506
H: Transport & storage	2,811	28
I: Accommodation & catering	349	344
J: Information & communication	75	33
K: Financial & insurance	320	14
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	189	15
N: Administrative & support	911	171
O: Public administration & defence	1,947	117
P: Education	175	378
Q: Human health & social work	120	273
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	455	668
T: Activities of households	745	2,783
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,225	106
B: Mining & quarrying	108	1
C: Manufacturing	4,188	2,061
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	338	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	163	1
F: Construction	1,720	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,077	1,106
H: Transport & storage	1,526	125
I: Accommodation & catering	347	379
J: Information & communication	29	11
K: Financial & insurance	282	66
L: Real estate activities.	46	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	258	70
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	4,878	147
P: Education	284	483
Q: Human health & social work	256	387
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	482	365
T: Activities of households	723	2,278
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,847	343
B: Mining & quarrying	64	3
C: Manufacturing	6,161	2,394
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	510	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	129	4
F: Construction	2,358	29
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,521	1,909
H: Transport & storage	2,065	368
I: Accommodation & catering	371	881
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	289	132
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	342	168
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	6,636	424
P: Education	303	508
Q: Human health & social work	888	1,209
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	550	531
T: Activities of households	251	877
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	901	187
B: Mining & quarrying	71	1
C: Manufacturing	9,487	2,757
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	537	27
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	88	40
F: Construction	3,484	189
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,534	3,086
H: Transport & storage	2,982	867
I: Accommodation & catering	517	702
J: Information & communication	1,137	404
K: Financial & insurance	559	513
L: Real estate activities.	84	121
M: Professional, scientific & technical	821	489
N: Administrative & support	85	83
O: Public administration & defence	5,368	1,437
P: Education	1,471	2,236
Q: Human health & social work	1,365	2,522
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	554	625
T: Activities of households	85	396
U: Extraterritorial bodies	19	11

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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