Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,857	164
B: Mining & quarrying	1,457	34
C: Manufacturing	3,276	1,559
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	1
F: Construction	630	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	207	60
H: Transport & storage	256	20
I: Accommodation & catering	69	30
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	33	0
N: Administrative & support	206	6
O: Public administration & defence	48	0
P: Education	49	14
Q: Human health & social work	26	3
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	48	29
T: Activities of households	282	1,342
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,195	483
B: Mining & quarrying	5,465	30
C: Manufacturing	6,931	3,281
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	17	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	5
F: Construction	1,099	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	867	295
H: Transport & storage	1,274	20
I: Accommodation & catering	41	49
J: Information & communication	16	0
K: Financial & insurance	45	2
L: Real estate activities.	69	54
M: Professional, scientific & technical	82	0
N: Administrative & support	126	5
O: Public administration & defence	109	3
P: Education	111	57
Q: Human health & social work	38	12
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	85	162
T: Activities of households	117	1,497
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,589	580
B: Mining & quarrying	8,332	28
C: Manufacturing	9,419	3,486
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	72	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	3
F: Construction	2,404	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,736	531
H: Transport & storage	1,906	38
I: Accommodation & catering	61	103
J: Information & communication	53	7
K: Financial & insurance	164	5
L: Real estate activities.	27	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	234	3
N: Administrative & support	709	28
O: Public administration & defence	391	19
P: Education	161	228
Q: Human health & social work	78	70
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	173	292
T: Activities of households	355	2,729
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,332	939
B: Mining & quarrying	24,682	420
C: Manufacturing	31,320	6,779
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	303	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	135	6
F: Construction	4,595	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,419	2,184
H: Transport & storage	6,995	345
I: Accommodation & catering	755	239
J: Information & communication	66	30
K: Financial & insurance	701	43
L: Real estate activities.	58	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	559	29
N: Administrative & support	2,478	943
O: Public administration & defence	577	49
P: Education	408	880
Q: Human health & social work	280	491
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	700	1,029
T: Activities of households	508	4,192
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,807	697
B: Mining & quarrying	23,061	325
C: Manufacturing	33,879	6,894
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	747	47
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	132	14
F: Construction	4,933	170
G: Wholesale & retail trade	8,419	6,034
H: Transport & storage	7,345	945
I: Accommodation & catering	845	770
J: Information & communication	23	12
K: Financial & insurance	986	259
L: Real estate activities.	316	54
M: Professional, scientific & technical	583	376
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	2,972	338
P: Education	855	1,801
Q: Human health & social work	633	1,143
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,299	1,008
T: Activities of households	414	5,132
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,515	616
B: Mining & quarrying	10,035	109
C: Manufacturing	39,041	10,668
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,287	69
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	201	4
F: Construction	7,752	297
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,958	5,551
H: Transport & storage	6,879	1,427
I: Accommodation & catering	779	1,601
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	702	214
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	286	227
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,035	803
P: Education	963	1,833
Q: Human health & social work	1,047	2,417
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,478	1,142
T: Activities of households	166	1,213
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,606	461
B: Mining & quarrying	1,802	20
C: Manufacturing	42,910	14,923
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,160	167
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	217	7
F: Construction	10,269	656
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,439	8,443
H: Transport & storage	6,505	1,657
I: Accommodation & catering	783	1,803
J: Information & communication	358	352
K: Financial & insurance	740	779
L: Real estate activities.	33	44
M: Professional, scientific & technical	479	385
N: Administrative & support	103	72
O: Public administration & defence	5,363	2,534
P: Education	1,868	4,211
Q: Human health & social work	1,365	4,082
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,282	1,365
T: Activities of households	32	612
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	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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