Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,117	152
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	1,129	289
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	447	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	311	40
H: Transport & storage	253	3
I: Accommodation & catering	77	18
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	32	0
N: Administrative & support	212	2
O: Public administration & defence	97	1
P: Education	32	64
Q: Human health & social work	29	27
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	61	54
T: Activities of households	401	1,223
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,227	571
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	1,480	556
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	0
F: Construction	736	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	537	143
H: Transport & storage	335	11
I: Accommodation & catering	187	189
J: Information & communication	14	1
K: Financial & insurance	37	0
L: Real estate activities.	87	73
M: Professional, scientific & technical	105	0
N: Administrative & support	137	3
O: Public administration & defence	175	11
P: Education	58	170
Q: Human health & social work	44	44
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	114	405
T: Activities of households	333	1,413
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,380	49
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	1,172	384
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	713	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	469	103
H: Transport & storage	341	4
I: Accommodation & catering	160	55
J: Information & communication	14	5
K: Financial & insurance	42	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	99	0
N: Administrative & support	205	7
O: Public administration & defence	210	13
P: Education	60	190
Q: Human health & social work	26	58
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	68	277
T: Activities of households	298	1,753
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,252	77
B: Mining & quarrying	37	0
C: Manufacturing	2,416	995
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	135	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	26	0
F: Construction	1,160	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,091	320
H: Transport & storage	1,652	18
I: Accommodation & catering	212	219
J: Information & communication	41	21
K: Financial & insurance	174	8
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	105	9
N: Administrative & support	467	106
O: Public administration & defence	985	82
P: Education	100	254
Q: Human health & social work	70	176
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	280	441
T: Activities of households	508	1,900
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,199	152
B: Mining & quarrying	44	1
C: Manufacturing	2,365	658
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	136	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	3
F: Construction	1,892	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,056	675
H: Transport & storage	1,529	126
I: Accommodation & catering	409	374
J: Information & communication	26	8
K: Financial & insurance	450	119
L: Real estate activities.	73	13
M: Professional, scientific & technical	243	60
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,097	72
P: Education	192	360
Q: Human health & social work	190	302
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	501	353
T: Activities of households	861	2,269
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,081	607
B: Mining & quarrying	85	3
C: Manufacturing	3,437	1,458
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	105	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	79	3
F: Construction	5,124	79
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,984	1,120
H: Transport & storage	1,397	163
I: Accommodation & catering	311	709
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	190	56
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	198	90
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,253	237
P: Education	364	643
Q: Human health & social work	261	650
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	477	367
T: Activities of households	381	986
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,285	143
B: Mining & quarrying	66	1
C: Manufacturing	6,280	2,109
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	207	20
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	92	2
F: Construction	3,114	189
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,053	2,063
H: Transport & storage	1,449	126
I: Accommodation & catering	347	463
J: Information & communication	1,100	1,263
K: Financial & insurance	330	280
L: Real estate activities.	50	75
M: Professional, scientific & technical	456	246
N: Administrative & support	54	175
O: Public administration & defence	1,420	793
P: Education	703	1,473
Q: Human health & social work	261	630
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	434	436
T: Activities of households	146	379
U: Extraterritorial bodies	26	3

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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