Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	18,080	3,637
B: Mining & quarrying	641	34
C: Manufacturing	8,904	2,456
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	2,982	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,220	415
H: Transport & storage	974	41
I: Accommodation & catering	332	184
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	37	0
L: Real estate activities.	25	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	190	3
N: Administrative & support	718	29
O: Public administration & defence	271	0
P: Education	373	161
Q: Human health & social work	157	37
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	275	186
T: Activities of households	1,499	8,126
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	21,245	4,934
B: Mining & quarrying	1,161	3
C: Manufacturing	8,466	6,229
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	29	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	41	12
F: Construction	3,857	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,441	894
H: Transport & storage	3,091	103
I: Accommodation & catering	270	327
J: Information & communication	85	4
K: Financial & insurance	106	5
L: Real estate activities.	357	451
M: Professional, scientific & technical	255	0
N: Administrative & support	376	11
O: Public administration & defence	333	14
P: Education	423	309
Q: Human health & social work	157	143
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	393	605
T: Activities of households	666	8,105
U: Extraterritorial bodies	16	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,979	3,832
B: Mining & quarrying	1,707	1
C: Manufacturing	7,653	4,408
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	54	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	3
F: Construction	5,288	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,092	944
H: Transport & storage	2,268	59
I: Accommodation & catering	248	340
J: Information & communication	105	15
K: Financial & insurance	234	9
L: Real estate activities.	43	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	395	6
N: Administrative & support	519	14
O: Public administration & defence	621	99
P: Education	401	462
Q: Human health & social work	196	160
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	412	581
T: Activities of households	1,418	7,383
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,362	2,399
B: Mining & quarrying	2,015	5
C: Manufacturing	6,704	4,384
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	87	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	92	7
F: Construction	3,714	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,162	1,120
H: Transport & storage	4,279	262
I: Accommodation & catering	319	374
J: Information & communication	73	36
K: Financial & insurance	411	11
L: Real estate activities.	55	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	431	16
N: Administrative & support	466	359
O: Public administration & defence	353	18
P: Education	357	580
Q: Human health & social work	281	402
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	610	927
T: Activities of households	1,576	6,449
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,324	1,274
B: Mining & quarrying	2,422	16
C: Manufacturing	6,267	3,001
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	214	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	47	7
F: Construction	2,697	45
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,529	2,263
H: Transport & storage	3,803	330
I: Accommodation & catering	504	735
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	485	54
L: Real estate activities.	1,587	22
M: Professional, scientific & technical	342	219
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,949	170
P: Education	415	926
Q: Human health & social work	425	802
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	714	486
T: Activities of households	1,380	6,080
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,794	1,521
B: Mining & quarrying	2,118	17
C: Manufacturing	6,934	3,378
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	554	90
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	92	2
F: Construction	4,434	121
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,855	2,951
H: Transport & storage	3,929	629
I: Accommodation & catering	601	1,453
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	459	173
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	327	324
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,604	731
P: Education	529	939
Q: Human health & social work	621	1,240
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	786	635
T: Activities of households	478	2,188
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,372	1,161
B: Mining & quarrying	300	20
C: Manufacturing	8,925	4,538
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	831	90
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	90	0
F: Construction	4,402	221
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,766	4,258
H: Transport & storage	2,876	401
I: Accommodation & catering	702	1,782
J: Information & communication	160	80
K: Financial & insurance	541	330
L: Real estate activities.	140	30
M: Professional, scientific & technical	401	430
N: Administrative & support	90	50
O: Public administration & defence	2,255	1,372
P: Education	922	1,925
Q: Human health & social work	682	2,004
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	542	551
T: Activities of households	150	1,131
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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