Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,268	587
B: Mining & quarrying	522	1
C: Manufacturing	3,046	505
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	1,024	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	614	89
H: Transport & storage	302	3
I: Accommodation & catering	184	60
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	67	0
N: Administrative & support	241	2
O: Public administration & defence	79	2
P: Education	105	75
Q: Human health & social work	57	17
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	94	39
T: Activities of households	588	2,766
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,255	2,152
B: Mining & quarrying	1,170	1
C: Manufacturing	1,874	1,082
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	1
F: Construction	834	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	626	175
H: Transport & storage	261	17
I: Accommodation & catering	171	188
J: Information & communication	9	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	0
L: Real estate activities.	156	129
M: Professional, scientific & technical	67	0
N: Administrative & support	70	10
O: Public administration & defence	96	5
P: Education	91	127
Q: Human health & social work	43	20
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	117	180
T: Activities of households	193	1,167
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,825	304
B: Mining & quarrying	869	3
C: Manufacturing	956	583
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	0
F: Construction	650	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	412	93
H: Transport & storage	194	3
I: Accommodation & catering	84	70
J: Information & communication	13	4
K: Financial & insurance	21	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	58	1
N: Administrative & support	44	2
O: Public administration & defence	256	8
P: Education	95	158
Q: Human health & social work	24	36
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	67	209
T: Activities of households	413	1,928
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,930	518
B: Mining & quarrying	565	0
C: Manufacturing	1,131	345
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	19	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	699	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	530	157
H: Transport & storage	612	6
I: Accommodation & catering	102	153
J: Information & communication	10	7
K: Financial & insurance	40	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	40	3
N: Administrative & support	70	13
O: Public administration & defence	228	40
P: Education	68	152
Q: Human health & social work	45	77
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	117	214
T: Activities of households	399	1,406
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,509	178
B: Mining & quarrying	247	0
C: Manufacturing	633	113
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	17	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	577	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	765	223
H: Transport & storage	571	79
I: Accommodation & catering	224	407
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	72	7
L: Real estate activities.	28	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	88	14
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	7,916	241
P: Education	94	205
Q: Human health & social work	73	117
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	366	122
T: Activities of households	475	1,383
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,339	291
B: Mining & quarrying	304	7
C: Manufacturing	532	183
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	33	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	851	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,095	467
H: Transport & storage	613	124
I: Accommodation & catering	344	806
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	175	15
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	54	27
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	18,140	557
P: Education	109	279
Q: Human health & social work	86	73
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	449	219
T: Activities of households	165	503
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,627	109
B: Mining & quarrying	104	1
C: Manufacturing	1,782	235
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	89	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	2
F: Construction	1,182	27
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,089	473
H: Transport & storage	551	32
I: Accommodation & catering	285	200
J: Information & communication	67	18
K: Financial & insurance	91	42
L: Real estate activities.	48	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	84	39
N: Administrative & support	23	7
O: Public administration & defence	1,960	235
P: Education	221	277
Q: Human health & social work	159	174
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	243	93
T: Activities of households	64	110
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	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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