Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,004	367
B: Mining & quarrying	673	14
C: Manufacturing	3,012	1,310
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	3
F: Construction	1,605	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	595	117
H: Transport & storage	290	7
I: Accommodation & catering	160	45
J: Information & communication	9	1
K: Financial & insurance	10	0
L: Real estate activities.	16	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	103	0
N: Administrative & support	320	9
O: Public administration & defence	116	4
P: Education	69	130
Q: Human health & social work	63	54
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	115	226
T: Activities of households	676	3,065
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,136	1,176
B: Mining & quarrying	154	0
C: Manufacturing	1,048	665
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	838	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	206	135
H: Transport & storage	221	19
I: Accommodation & catering	70	96
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	48	40
M: Professional, scientific & technical	39	0
N: Administrative & support	20	0
O: Public administration & defence	75	5
P: Education	33	117
Q: Human health & social work	21	19
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	87	171
T: Activities of households	81	701
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,855	141
B: Mining & quarrying	207	2
C: Manufacturing	865	396
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	614	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	178	86
H: Transport & storage	206	2
I: Accommodation & catering	64	51
J: Information & communication	5	2
K: Financial & insurance	13	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	34	1
N: Administrative & support	24	1
O: Public administration & defence	137	20
P: Education	38	140
Q: Human health & social work	14	34
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	62	215
T: Activities of households	180	1,188
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,348	220
B: Mining & quarrying	471	1
C: Manufacturing	1,320	1,011
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	31	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	708	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	484	199
H: Transport & storage	621	8
I: Accommodation & catering	97	132
J: Information & communication	14	14
K: Financial & insurance	63	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	45	2
N: Administrative & support	90	29
O: Public administration & defence	153	38
P: Education	50	182
Q: Human health & social work	36	97
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	135	396
T: Activities of households	353	1,236
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,401	81
B: Mining & quarrying	113	0
C: Manufacturing	978	194
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	91	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	680	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	762	284
H: Transport & storage	517	74
I: Accommodation & catering	285	302
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	100	7
L: Real estate activities.	29	3
M: Professional, scientific & technical	81	18
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	362	24
P: Education	78	199
Q: Human health & social work	62	132
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	291	161
T: Activities of households	821	1,486
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,380	288
B: Mining & quarrying	32	0
C: Manufacturing	824	222
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	133	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	775	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	960	524
H: Transport & storage	514	94
I: Accommodation & catering	325	544
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	155	25
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	94	65
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	985	40
P: Education	78	204
Q: Human health & social work	72	204
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	244	156
T: Activities of households	356	590
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	729	85
B: Mining & quarrying	110	2
C: Manufacturing	2,482	586
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	199	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	1
F: Construction	841	21
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,001	413
H: Transport & storage	440	42
I: Accommodation & catering	149	120
J: Information & communication	166	36
K: Financial & insurance	97	44
L: Real estate activities.	26	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	114	47
N: Administrative & support	18	10
O: Public administration & defence	696	153
P: Education	237	284
Q: Human health & social work	146	199
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	112	79
T: Activities of households	47	107
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	0

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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