Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	209	14
Textiles & clothing	1,418	845
Wood & paper	182	4
Chemicals	8	1
Low tech	398	58
High tech.	187	4
Other	55	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	151	13
Textiles & clothing	539	901
Wood & paper	297	7
Chemicals	27	2
Low tech	560	14
High tech.	145	0
Other	48	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	137	18
Textiles & clothing	290	727
Wood & paper	141	8
Chemicals	54	2
Low tech	1,230	83
High tech.	174	2
Other	334	12

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	445	115
Textiles & clothing	999	1,453
Wood & paper	196	45
Chemicals	67	14
Low tech	775	99
High tech.	602	11
Other	458	70

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	292	27
Textiles & clothing	115	83
Wood & paper	273	3
Chemicals	46	8
Low tech	975	79
High tech.	507	87
Other	100	9

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	529	332
Textiles & clothing	60	81
Wood & paper	600	247
Chemicals	104	36
Low tech	901	360
High tech.	2,182	395
Other	476	348

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	350	88
Textiles & clothing	506	130
Wood & paper	444	86
Chemicals	760	102
Low tech	611	65
High tech.	7,031	523
Other	254	44

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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