Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,525	67
Textiles & clothing	4,151	2,244
Wood & paper	949	147
Chemicals	176	29
Low tech	2,302	30
High tech.	1,978	35
Other	919	70

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,128	287
Textiles & clothing	5,891	8,394
Wood & paper	1,724	436
Chemicals	815	35
Low tech	5,559	84
High tech.	4,773	17
Other	1,616	264

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,468	468
Textiles & clothing	7,472	12,707
Wood & paper	2,335	661
Chemicals	2,722	159
Low tech	8,231	150
High tech.	6,626	56
Other	7,679	1,441

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	13,521	6,264
Textiles & clothing	18,341	43,769
Wood & paper	7,256	2,177
Chemicals	8,133	2,725
Low tech	22,443	1,667
High tech.	43,552	2,827
Other	32,254	4,956

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	28,997	14,958
Textiles & clothing	27,951	39,408
Wood & paper	14,719	5,648
Chemicals	19,324	9,188
Low tech	29,503	6,419
High tech.	94,853	22,528
Other	64,266	18,910

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	30,405	18,861
Textiles & clothing	13,968	29,034
Wood & paper	16,819	9,505
Chemicals	28,455	20,609
Low tech	51,539	18,252
High tech.	224,528	77,208
Other	68,515	36,208

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	35,460	20,540
Textiles & clothing	10,270	18,040
Wood & paper	14,660	6,470
Chemicals	42,370	23,880
Low tech	51,670	17,660
High tech.	209,180	79,780
Other	25,230	11,510

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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