Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	427	11
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	137	23
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	63	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	31	5
H: Transport & storage	26	0
I: Accommodation & catering	9	2
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	1	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3	0
N: Administrative & support	22	0
O: Public administration & defence	13	0
P: Education	4	7
Q: Human health & social work	4	3
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6	8
T: Activities of households	49	162
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	513	61
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	282	122
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	147	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	109	35
H: Transport & storage	115	3
I: Accommodation & catering	35	38
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	0	0
L: Real estate activities.	17	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	10	0
N: Administrative & support	12	1
O: Public administration & defence	48	1
P: Education	10	31
Q: Human health & social work	10	8
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	23	114
T: Activities of households	58	283
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	441	17
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	266	88
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	204	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	115	17
H: Transport & storage	112	1
I: Accommodation & catering	41	23
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	2	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	8	0
N: Administrative & support	15	0
O: Public administration & defence	89	3
P: Education	14	57
Q: Human health & social work	8	14
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	19	80
T: Activities of households	121	454
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	649	24
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	567	204
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	16	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	312	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	250	94
H: Transport & storage	349	5
I: Accommodation & catering	61	66
J: Information & communication	9	7
K: Financial & insurance	22	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	19	2
N: Administrative & support	40	18
O: Public administration & defence	1,024	20
P: Education	23	75
Q: Human health & social work	17	52
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	81	174
T: Activities of households	214	663
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	468	20
B: Mining & quarrying	6	0
C: Manufacturing	743	192
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	66	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	75	0
F: Construction	644	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	710	251
H: Transport & storage	412	36
I: Accommodation & catering	73	115
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	79	13
L: Real estate activities.	32	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	42	15
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	570	25
P: Education	55	172
Q: Human health & social work	50	146
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	118	150
T: Activities of households	377	1,016
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	550	52
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	848	365
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	126	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	77	0
F: Construction	1,133	25
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,015	638
H: Transport & storage	579	60
I: Accommodation & catering	167	302
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	107	34
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	50	66
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	972	244
P: Education	110	240
Q: Human health & social work	81	187
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	222	298
T: Activities of households	188	451
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	238	50
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	8,141	3,834
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	273	283
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	224	68
F: Construction	3,226	215
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,364	2,415
H: Transport & storage	808	93
I: Accommodation & catering	426	591
J: Information & communication	132	31
K: Financial & insurance	433	374
L: Real estate activities.	50	49
M: Professional, scientific & technical	303	266
N: Administrative & support	224	108
O: Public administration & defence	1,383	854
P: Education	441	1,794
Q: Human health & social work	154	426
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	473	765
T: Activities of households	90	325
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	0

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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