Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,361	273
B: Mining & quarrying	5,708	20
C: Manufacturing	20,643	1,988
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	11	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	5
F: Construction	5,839	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,724	806
H: Transport & storage	8,984	63
I: Accommodation & catering	579	513
J: Information & communication	7	0
K: Financial & insurance	81	21
L: Real estate activities.	52	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	295	2
N: Administrative & support	1,966	28
O: Public administration & defence	1,313	3
P: Education	278	262
Q: Human health & social work	328	100
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	417	342
T: Activities of households	783	8,880
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,571	1,114
B: Mining & quarrying	11,785	3
C: Manufacturing	35,900	7,269
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	99	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	68	16
F: Construction	8,283	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,106	2,354
H: Transport & storage	17,489	114
I: Accommodation & catering	1,084	1,776
J: Information & communication	172	32
K: Financial & insurance	152	42
L: Real estate activities.	410	668
M: Professional, scientific & technical	649	0
N: Administrative & support	1,096	30
O: Public administration & defence	1,121	38
P: Education	345	725
Q: Human health & social work	324	246
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	650	1,927
T: Activities of households	402	8,167
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,427	704
B: Mining & quarrying	23,273	73
C: Manufacturing	66,307	12,196
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	271	2
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	97	22
F: Construction	16,116	66
G: Wholesale & retail trade	11,210	3,167
H: Transport & storage	22,246	167
I: Accommodation & catering	2,288	1,394
J: Information & communication	412	53
K: Financial & insurance	843	108
L: Real estate activities.	255	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,594	50
N: Administrative & support	5,481	261
O: Public administration & defence	2,644	105
P: Education	948	2,149
Q: Human health & social work	539	665
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,202	3,018
T: Activities of households	1,677	23,186
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,955	1,416
B: Mining & quarrying	80,345	22
C: Manufacturing	111,774	21,380
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,859	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	520	2
F: Construction	23,883	15
G: Wholesale & retail trade	26,169	11,867
H: Transport & storage	44,640	666
I: Accommodation & catering	4,616	4,779
J: Information & communication	969	571
K: Financial & insurance	3,215	108
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,982	125
N: Administrative & support	10,271	3,094
O: Public administration & defence	6,482	895
P: Education	2,062	4,809
Q: Human health & social work	1,216	1,954
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5,262	8,757
T: Activities of households	1,816	27,846
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,928	923
B: Mining & quarrying	65,610	273
C: Manufacturing	75,449	23,044
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5,160	391
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	832	154
F: Construction	15,710	317
G: Wholesale & retail trade	39,406	26,664
H: Transport & storage	32,910	1,981
I: Accommodation & catering	3,774	7,530
J: Information & communication	285	121
K: Financial & insurance	4,321	1,500
L: Real estate activities.	854	347
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,704	1,009
N: Administrative & support	6	35
O: Public administration & defence	14,122	1,306
P: Education	3,054	6,512
Q: Human health & social work	2,049	4,118
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6,256	5,207
T: Activities of households	1,591	24,761
U: Extraterritorial bodies	25	8

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,692	525
B: Mining & quarrying	49,564	849
C: Manufacturing	140,822	49,895
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6,809	960
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	761	61
F: Construction	28,076	949
G: Wholesale & retail trade	37,785	34,137
H: Transport & storage	38,559	4,330
I: Accommodation & catering	3,932	14,262
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	5,063	2,623
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,847	1,957
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	22,935	8,222
P: Education	4,246	7,046
Q: Human health & social work	4,126	9,610
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	7,651	7,238
T: Activities of households	397	5,551
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,419	497
B: Mining & quarrying	26,791	827
C: Manufacturing	125,438	43,318
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6,142	1,318
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	751	152
F: Construction	34,729	1,390
G: Wholesale & retail trade	36,051	41,676
H: Transport & storage	27,961	4,307
I: Accommodation & catering	4,573	9,470
J: Information & communication	4,273	3,442
K: Financial & insurance	4,937	4,712
L: Real estate activities.	795	546
M: Professional, scientific & technical	4,978	3,341
N: Administrative & support	569	879
O: Public administration & defence	21,736	13,218
P: Education	11,193	17,824
Q: Human health & social work	6,370	15,842
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	5,370	6,900
T: Activities of households	264	2,103
U: Extraterritorial bodies	30	10

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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