Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,298	230
B: Mining & quarrying	15	1
C: Manufacturing	2,235	360
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	910	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	484	71
H: Transport & storage	258	1
I: Accommodation & catering	165	29
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	50	0
N: Administrative & support	332	4
O: Public administration & defence	93	6
P: Education	59	98
Q: Human health & social work	39	47
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	79	56
T: Activities of households	649	2,349
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,727	2,287
B: Mining & quarrying	14	0
C: Manufacturing	3,092	2,116
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	13	0
F: Construction	1,319	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	865	341
H: Transport & storage	306	15
I: Accommodation & catering	258	263
J: Information & communication	5	3
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	95	108
M: Professional, scientific & technical	95	0
N: Administrative & support	106	8
O: Public administration & defence	158	12
P: Education	57	307
Q: Human health & social work	37	102
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	221	448
T: Activities of households	303	2,108
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,803	345
B: Mining & quarrying	13	0
C: Manufacturing	2,091	1,286
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	1,397	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	647	206
H: Transport & storage	409	11
I: Accommodation & catering	207	62
J: Information & communication	4	4
K: Financial & insurance	19	0
L: Real estate activities.	20	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	85	1
N: Administrative & support	105	1
O: Public administration & defence	226	23
P: Education	60	351
Q: Human health & social work	20	87
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	146	497
T: Activities of households	371	2,919
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	10,525	328
B: Mining & quarrying	75	0
C: Manufacturing	2,740	1,260
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	1,578	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,329	485
H: Transport & storage	1,334	15
I: Accommodation & catering	289	269
J: Information & communication	30	20
K: Financial & insurance	125	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	76	4
N: Administrative & support	191	54
O: Public administration & defence	391	117
P: Education	113	431
Q: Human health & social work	79	208
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	353	651
T: Activities of households	979	2,822
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,260	221
B: Mining & quarrying	80	0
C: Manufacturing	3,340	1,229
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	93	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	2
F: Construction	1,199	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,021	696
H: Transport & storage	1,012	93
I: Accommodation & catering	329	315
J: Information & communication	3	2
K: Financial & insurance	199	35
L: Real estate activities.	75	7
M: Professional, scientific & technical	116	30
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,121	45
P: Education	135	452
Q: Human health & social work	128	240
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	271	197
T: Activities of households	1,001	2,293
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,868	460
B: Mining & quarrying	51	3
C: Manufacturing	3,165	1,220
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	192	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	0
F: Construction	1,797	22
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,978	902
H: Transport & storage	1,120	166
I: Accommodation & catering	274	367
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	259	87
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	117	56
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,088	157
P: Education	217	511
Q: Human health & social work	133	235
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	301	272
T: Activities of households	414	916
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,259	356
B: Mining & quarrying	94	2
C: Manufacturing	5,395	1,458
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	233	14
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	2
F: Construction	3,342	72
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,160	1,183
H: Transport & storage	1,192	106
I: Accommodation & catering	381	264
J: Information & communication	228	89
K: Financial & insurance	326	211
L: Real estate activities.	60	26
M: Professional, scientific & technical	227	104
N: Administrative & support	39	31
O: Public administration & defence	1,859	385
P: Education	583	761
Q: Human health & social work	339	407
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	367	229
T: Activities of households	158	297
U: Extraterritorial bodies	55	3

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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