Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,825	136
B: Mining & quarrying	68	3
C: Manufacturing	948	310
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	558	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	245	46
H: Transport & storage	102	2
I: Accommodation & catering	56	11
J: Information & communication	4	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	19	1
N: Administrative & support	107	1
O: Public administration & defence	105	2
P: Education	21	41
Q: Human health & social work	18	14
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	40	45
T: Activities of households	289	889
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,970	366
B: Mining & quarrying	74	0
C: Manufacturing	999	596
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	622	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	240	96
H: Transport & storage	291	13
I: Accommodation & catering	72	87
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	1
L: Real estate activities.	25	29
M: Professional, scientific & technical	30	0
N: Administrative & support	28	2
O: Public administration & defence	162	2
P: Education	23	79
Q: Human health & social work	16	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	54	191
T: Activities of households	80	578
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,640	70
B: Mining & quarrying	285	1
C: Manufacturing	463	339
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	723	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	248	57
H: Transport & storage	259	6
I: Accommodation & catering	41	19
J: Information & communication	1	2
K: Financial & insurance	10	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	18	0
N: Administrative & support	22	2
O: Public administration & defence	137	6
P: Education	20	115
Q: Human health & social work	12	31
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	38	153
T: Activities of households	149	747
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,054	121
B: Mining & quarrying	112	0
C: Manufacturing	775	428
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	27	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	566	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	365	151
H: Transport & storage	455	6
I: Accommodation & catering	75	111
J: Information & communication	11	12
K: Financial & insurance	34	0
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	3
N: Administrative & support	52	23
O: Public administration & defence	569	32
P: Education	35	143
Q: Human health & social work	27	73
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	118	266
T: Activities of households	351	964
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,650	88
B: Mining & quarrying	418	3
C: Manufacturing	857	116
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	64	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	687	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	701	278
H: Transport & storage	557	29
I: Accommodation & catering	171	250
J: Information & communication	7	1
K: Financial & insurance	56	10
L: Real estate activities.	24	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	74	13
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	2,373	38
P: Education	98	226
Q: Human health & social work	62	126
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	185	138
T: Activities of households	598	1,137
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,592	187
B: Mining & quarrying	386	4
C: Manufacturing	1,157	162
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	65	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	0
F: Construction	974	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,057	452
H: Transport & storage	415	52
I: Accommodation & catering	287	571
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	146	24
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	59	29
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,312	116
P: Education	150	223
Q: Human health & social work	55	111
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	148	106
T: Activities of households	166	381
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	919	91
B: Mining & quarrying	64	2
C: Manufacturing	1,304	217
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	72	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	1
F: Construction	983	22
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,122	394
H: Transport & storage	430	26
I: Accommodation & catering	205	166
J: Information & communication	55	14
K: Financial & insurance	108	34
L: Real estate activities.	71	17
M: Professional, scientific & technical	482	78
N: Administrative & support	8	10
O: Public administration & defence	1,350	188
P: Education	254	286
Q: Human health & social work	138	170
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	117	92
T: Activities of households	72	144
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	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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