Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	133	20
Textiles & clothing	790	280
Wood & paper	178	5
Chemicals	14	3
Low tech	1,011	11
High tech.	383	7
Other	40	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	254	41
Textiles & clothing	876	970
Wood & paper	262	24
Chemicals	130	0
Low tech	1,267	9
High tech.	374	1
Other	114	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	167	14
Textiles & clothing	307	556
Wood & paper	232	75
Chemicals	609	9
Low tech	1,210	8
High tech.	278	2
Other	413	23

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	271	118
Textiles & clothing	526	904
Wood & paper	260	96
Chemicals	394	7
Low tech	3,136	15
High tech.	750	4
Other	567	6

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	356	160
Textiles & clothing	2,081	1,943
Wood & paper	296	83
Chemicals	167	5
Low tech	3,805	58
High tech.	377	26
Other	138	9

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	349	171
Textiles & clothing	4,564	1,660
Wood & paper	410	229
Chemicals	553	109
Low tech	8,429	450
High tech.	2,549	597
Other	118	22

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	295	42
Textiles & clothing	2,535	516
Wood & paper	507	133
Chemicals	592	76
Low tech	9,173	203
High tech.	3,615	364
Other	107	15

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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