Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	315	15
Textiles & clothing	1,717	997
Wood & paper	259	8
Chemicals	17	0
Low tech	1,800	580
High tech.	335	5
Other	210	25

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	319	15
Textiles & clothing	791	2,187
Wood & paper	174	6
Chemicals	30	0
Low tech	615	108
High tech.	230	1
Other	102	29

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	238	29
Textiles & clothing	413	1,554
Wood & paper	124	26
Chemicals	25	2
Low tech	597	73
High tech.	267	1
Other	280	49

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	340	114
Textiles & clothing	712	1,315
Wood & paper	118	61
Chemicals	188	22
Low tech	2,592	759
High tech.	1,093	126
Other	548	263

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	460	209
Textiles & clothing	214	423
Wood & paper	153	25
Chemicals	27	3
Low tech	467	136
High tech.	655	41
Other	254	117

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	604	562
Textiles & clothing	44	91
Wood & paper	103	78
Chemicals	46	16
Low tech	247	106
High tech.	2,192	648
Other	343	354

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	523	279
Textiles & clothing	1,900	742
Wood & paper	188	40
Chemicals	196	59
Low tech	3,083	682
High tech.	2,055	328
Other	367	169

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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