Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	28,500
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	22,061
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	17,577
Retired.	4,484
Employers.	656
Managers.	2,391
Operatives.	13,310
Self-employed.	1,025
Unemployed.	195
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	425
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	12
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	19
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	18
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	1,576
VII. Textile workers.	8
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	69
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	92
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	81
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	310
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	196
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	53
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	598
XV. Painters and decorators.	291
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	1,942
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,191
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	3,289
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	2,676
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	356
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	114
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	486
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	2,984
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	208
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	85
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	346
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	152
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	4,484
FEMALES: Total Population.	35,273
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	29,001
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	7,760
Retired.	21,241
Employers.	75
Managers.	238
Operatives.	7,111
Self-employed.	208
Unemployed.	128
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	29
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	46
VII. Textile workers.	7
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	4
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	196
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	15
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	21
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	213
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	186
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	856
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,424
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,736
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	2,742
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	51
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	111
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	123

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