Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	189	9
Textiles & clothing	435	220
Wood & paper	79	44
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	209	7
High tech.	161	4
Other	47	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	238	20
Textiles & clothing	395	507
Wood & paper	91	5
Chemicals	31	1
Low tech	442	3
High tech.	180	1
Other	102	19

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	200	13
Textiles & clothing	207	269
Wood & paper	64	12
Chemicals	157	30
Low tech	298	4
High tech.	112	0
Other	133	54

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	330	97
Textiles & clothing	281	746
Wood & paper	115	15
Chemicals	192	55
Low tech	489	14
High tech.	671	18
Other	338	50

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	314	48
Textiles & clothing	241	262
Wood & paper	168	39
Chemicals	330	70
Low tech	334	16
High tech.	638	118
Other	340	105

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	291	54
Textiles & clothing	145	352
Wood & paper	259	77
Chemicals	672	398
Low tech	340	105
High tech.	1,138	151
Other	591	320

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	396	102
Textiles & clothing	227	258
Wood & paper	360	149
Chemicals	1,126	443
Low tech	781	87
High tech.	2,899	939
Other	491	131

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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