Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	162	4
Textiles & clothing	2,183	1,415
Wood & paper	95	13
Chemicals	23	4
Low tech	565	8
High tech.	181	3
Other	67	112

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	320	16
Textiles & clothing	2,235	3,138
Wood & paper	143	41
Chemicals	86	24
Low tech	3,725	18
High tech.	335	0
Other	86	44

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	509	102
Textiles & clothing	1,688	2,967
Wood & paper	237	84
Chemicals	141	21
Low tech	4,511	150
High tech.	1,203	4
Other	1,129	157

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,026	787
Textiles & clothing	2,054	4,818
Wood & paper	576	378
Chemicals	428	83
Low tech	19,082	407
High tech.	6,296	60
Other	1,858	246

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,474	1,691
Textiles & clothing	1,302	2,975
Wood & paper	1,433	476
Chemicals	519	122
Low tech	23,616	1,042
High tech.	4,827	298
Other	709	289

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,531	1,457
Textiles & clothing	967	3,530
Wood & paper	1,415	404
Chemicals	1,112	639
Low tech	21,848	1,660
High tech.	11,168	2,200
Other	1,001	777

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,061	1,778
Textiles & clothing	843	3,489
Wood & paper	1,724	539
Chemicals	1,636	844
Low tech	20,557	1,788
High tech.	15,507	6,090
Other	583	396

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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