Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,556	42
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	589	467
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	5
F: Construction	243	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	148	29
H: Transport & storage	69	1
I: Accommodation & catering	53	14
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	14	0
N: Administrative & support	90	1
O: Public administration & defence	26	1
P: Education	16	31
Q: Human health & social work	14	15
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	27	30
T: Activities of households	246	549
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,225	141
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	347	393
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	251	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	129	55
H: Transport & storage	114	8
I: Accommodation & catering	62	60
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	28	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	27	0
N: Administrative & support	23	0
O: Public administration & defence	48	3
P: Education	15	37
Q: Human health & social work	9	11
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	27	102
T: Activities of households	187	430
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,062	44
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	418	260
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	285	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	135	20
H: Transport & storage	195	1
I: Accommodation & catering	48	23
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	8	1
L: Real estate activities.	6	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	26	0
N: Administrative & support	33	3
O: Public administration & defence	57	9
P: Education	19	65
Q: Human health & social work	7	24
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	24	134
T: Activities of households	198	579
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,411	33
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	707	345
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	19	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	454	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	294	72
H: Transport & storage	358	4
I: Accommodation & catering	78	62
J: Information & communication	13	4
K: Financial & insurance	44	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	40	4
N: Administrative & support	91	36
O: Public administration & defence	103	31
P: Education	32	106
Q: Human health & social work	44	94
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	98	171
T: Activities of households	451	846
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	821	40
B: Mining & quarrying	105	0
C: Manufacturing	1,659	537
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	126	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	0
F: Construction	1,088	17
G: Wholesale & retail trade	979	328
H: Transport & storage	1,099	82
I: Accommodation & catering	165	125
J: Information & communication	44	12
K: Financial & insurance	291	65
L: Real estate activities.	50	10
M: Professional, scientific & technical	142	32
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	443	31
P: Education	120	201
Q: Human health & social work	121	160
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	259	218
T: Activities of households	671	1,266
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	751	71
B: Mining & quarrying	28	0
C: Manufacturing	12,722	4,070
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	176	23
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	0
F: Construction	1,597	33
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,371	861
H: Transport & storage	892	113
I: Accommodation & catering	308	761
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	181	114
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	195	83
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	644	177
P: Education	210	384
Q: Human health & social work	146	346
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	448	367
T: Activities of households	222	518
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	707	133
B: Mining & quarrying	107	8
C: Manufacturing	10,701	2,640
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	360	55
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	99	13
F: Construction	2,388	116
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,866	1,507
H: Transport & storage	1,197	147
I: Accommodation & catering	303	255
J: Information & communication	636	194
K: Financial & insurance	307	210
L: Real estate activities.	135	54
M: Professional, scientific & technical	695	231
N: Administrative & support	84	142
O: Public administration & defence	1,136	553
P: Education	843	1,299
Q: Human health & social work	541	655
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	412	328
T: Activities of households	109	266
U: Extraterritorial bodies	15	3

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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