Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	18,566	51	6,541	3,592	11,356	1,092	1,510
1861	19,986	50	7,899	5,342	12,851	1,254	2,779
1881	15,678	81	7,789	8,081	17,607	1,018	3,183
1911	20,259	290	12,414	14,586	41,533	3,036	7,404
1931	15,825	234	12,091	19,022	51,592	3,481	11,497
1951	17,479	239	18,153	24,801	48,346	4,876	22,740
1971	12,177	230	50,300	31,686	49,725	16,905	34,993
1991	7,920	199	51,788	52,986	76,160	45,167	59,828
2011	3,982	457	29,961	65,503	101,405	79,019	97,874

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'
1881 - 2011	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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