Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,085	103
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	2,565	933
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	743	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	506	52
H: Transport & storage	181	8
I: Accommodation & catering	152	37
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	8	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	27	0
N: Administrative & support	200	3
O: Public administration & defence	233	2
P: Education	54	73
Q: Human health & social work	36	33
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	88	52
T: Activities of households	523	1,749
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,686	853
B: Mining & quarrying	69	0
C: Manufacturing	4,772	5,426
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	10	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	13	1
F: Construction	1,264	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	850	268
H: Transport & storage	523	27
I: Accommodation & catering	250	268
J: Information & communication	16	1
K: Financial & insurance	10	0
L: Real estate activities.	91	94
M: Professional, scientific & technical	82	0
N: Administrative & support	69	7
O: Public administration & defence	189	9
P: Education	63	208
Q: Human health & social work	57	88
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	179	423
T: Activities of households	303	1,366
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,726	61
B: Mining & quarrying	185	0
C: Manufacturing	2,094	2,236
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	1,060	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	465	114
H: Transport & storage	396	15
I: Accommodation & catering	119	42
J: Information & communication	9	2
K: Financial & insurance	12	0
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	43	3
N: Administrative & support	66	0
O: Public administration & defence	122	24
P: Education	83	199
Q: Human health & social work	24	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	102	320
T: Activities of households	394	1,782
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,475	135
B: Mining & quarrying	535	1
C: Manufacturing	3,085	1,277
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	36	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	911	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	603	202
H: Transport & storage	989	18
I: Accommodation & catering	157	114
J: Information & communication	17	5
K: Financial & insurance	41	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	31	1
N: Administrative & support	93	32
O: Public administration & defence	234	60
P: Education	82	237
Q: Human health & social work	44	97
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	183	289
T: Activities of households	864	1,578
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,244	72
B: Mining & quarrying	76	0
C: Manufacturing	1,973	562
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	112	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	2
F: Construction	849	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	982	281
H: Transport & storage	989	74
I: Accommodation & catering	203	129
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	100	9
L: Real estate activities.	32	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	56	16
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	544	20
P: Education	112	215
Q: Human health & social work	78	122
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	218	99
T: Activities of households	785	1,337
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,887	215
B: Mining & quarrying	36	1
C: Manufacturing	3,049	670
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	162	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	958	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	789	341
H: Transport & storage	550	85
I: Accommodation & catering	166	188
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	91	22
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	40	12
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	753	59
P: Education	134	254
Q: Human health & social work	109	125
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	126	69
T: Activities of households	271	470
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	715	83
B: Mining & quarrying	38	2
C: Manufacturing	6,159	1,929
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	84	14
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	35	3
F: Construction	1,364	39
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,321	627
H: Transport & storage	726	98
I: Accommodation & catering	160	185
J: Information & communication	145	61
K: Financial & insurance	104	62
L: Real estate activities.	21	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	145	63
N: Administrative & support	45	32
O: Public administration & defence	641	200
P: Education	297	416
Q: Human health & social work	133	222
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	170	118
T: Activities of households	57	137
U: Extraterritorial bodies	99	5

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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