Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	33,594	1,732
B: Mining & quarrying	3,139	74
C: Manufacturing	17,516	7,944
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	21	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	17	12
F: Construction	8,632	32
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,360	675
H: Transport & storage	1,878	38
I: Accommodation & catering	855	240
J: Information & communication	77	4
K: Financial & insurance	77	5
L: Real estate activities.	93	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	596	1
N: Administrative & support	1,761	42
O: Public administration & defence	641	24
P: Education	378	702
Q: Human health & social work	366	303
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	633	1,271
T: Activities of households	3,425	16,175
U: Extraterritorial bodies	8	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	31,646	8,531
B: Mining & quarrying	1,388	0
C: Manufacturing	14,338	15,188
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	24	12
F: Construction	7,658	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,580	1,831
H: Transport & storage	2,272	167
I: Accommodation & catering	1,025	1,172
J: Information & communication	43	4
K: Financial & insurance	56	3
L: Real estate activities.	671	827
M: Professional, scientific & technical	546	1
N: Administrative & support	325	43
O: Public administration & defence	753	42
P: Education	339	1,258
Q: Human health & social work	250	456
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	892	3,070
T: Activities of households	1,012	8,098
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	24,307	1,407
B: Mining & quarrying	1,565	8
C: Manufacturing	13,645	12,777
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	74	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	4
F: Construction	6,982	22
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,477	1,319
H: Transport & storage	2,964	22
I: Accommodation & catering	874	459
J: Information & communication	93	27
K: Financial & insurance	221	1
L: Real estate activities.	95	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	618	12
N: Administrative & support	699	30
O: Public administration & defence	1,277	108
P: Education	486	1,582
Q: Human health & social work	216	485
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	674	3,126
T: Activities of households	1,731	12,646
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	22,385	2,188
B: Mining & quarrying	5,253	12
C: Manufacturing	18,686	14,633
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	441	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	80	0
F: Construction	8,777	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,867	2,865
H: Transport & storage	8,289	103
I: Accommodation & catering	1,273	1,998
J: Information & communication	216	221
K: Financial & insurance	922	10
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	660	33
N: Administrative & support	1,350	465
O: Public administration & defence	2,039	450
P: Education	651	2,333
Q: Human health & social work	456	1,285
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,802	5,488
T: Activities of households	3,640	15,371
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,882	986
B: Mining & quarrying	2,936	6
C: Manufacturing	20,115	10,712
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	773	37
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	128	4
F: Construction	6,794	44
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,117	3,913
H: Transport & storage	7,345	532
I: Accommodation & catering	1,602	2,186
J: Information & communication	36	6
K: Financial & insurance	964	109
L: Real estate activities.	275	45
M: Professional, scientific & technical	809	169
N: Administrative & support	3	2
O: Public administration & defence	3,861	240
P: Education	809	2,172
Q: Human health & social work	658	1,287
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,800	1,162
T: Activities of households	4,621	10,750
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,005	2,115
B: Mining & quarrying	1,703	52
C: Manufacturing	26,352	12,085
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,673	186
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	143	2
F: Construction	9,447	178
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,686	6,549
H: Transport & storage	7,787	1,003
I: Accommodation & catering	1,796	3,452
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,239	379
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	933	512
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	12,873	1,735
P: Education	1,530	2,531
Q: Human health & social work	1,288	2,427
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,130	1,758
T: Activities of households	1,707	4,290
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,540	1,078
B: Mining & quarrying	1,432	27
C: Manufacturing	32,488	7,447
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,602	121
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	204	8
F: Construction	11,008	263
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,095	5,252
H: Transport & storage	5,754	537
I: Accommodation & catering	1,950	1,525
J: Information & communication	2,173	454
K: Financial & insurance	1,266	564
L: Real estate activities.	342	141
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,495	592
N: Administrative & support	240	133
O: Public administration & defence	9,115	1,945
P: Education	3,099	3,610
Q: Human health & social work	1,913	2,524
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,462	1,003
T: Activities of households	619	1,360
U: Extraterritorial bodies	116	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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