Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,467	71
Textiles & clothing	4,036	1,637
Wood & paper	1,070	57
Chemicals	48	1
Low tech	2,026	31
High tech.	1,365	17
Other	479	33

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,754	139
Textiles & clothing	3,091	4,275
Wood & paper	1,235	118
Chemicals	154	4
Low tech	2,102	24
High tech.	1,141	45
Other	487	68

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,617	126
Textiles & clothing	2,199	3,535
Wood & paper	859	179
Chemicals	160	3
Low tech	2,248	23
High tech.	1,406	26
Other	1,353	200

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,730	569
Textiles & clothing	2,305	3,814
Wood & paper	983	141
Chemicals	309	51
Low tech	3,040	18
High tech.	7,501	9
Other	2,071	196

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,413	631
Textiles & clothing	1,773	1,770
Wood & paper	1,447	344
Chemicals	941	59
Low tech	1,792	24
High tech.	10,320	564
Other	1,612	302

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,177	1,238
Textiles & clothing	862	1,519
Wood & paper	2,266	823
Chemicals	3,494	686
Low tech	1,788	183
High tech.	27,141	3,921
Other	2,986	1,285

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,239	978
Textiles & clothing	728	1,612
Wood & paper	4,250	824
Chemicals	7,712	2,096
Low tech	4,924	838
High tech.	48,513	10,669
Other	1,681	979

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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