Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	76	8
Textiles & clothing	560	153
Wood & paper	132	0
Chemicals	20	1
Low tech	899	38
High tech.	162	1
Other	61	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	81	21
Textiles & clothing	515	518
Wood & paper	113	2
Chemicals	85	2
Low tech	2,472	115
High tech.	281	0
Other	39	8

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	86	16
Textiles & clothing	509	1,024
Wood & paper	106	3
Chemicals	120	7
Low tech	4,781	898
High tech.	392	1
Other	670	21

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	395	140
Textiles & clothing	454	1,348
Wood & paper	140	4
Chemicals	224	5
Low tech	4,681	368
High tech.	1,382	1
Other	1,336	13

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	501	116
Textiles & clothing	320	493
Wood & paper	116	3
Chemicals	909	14
Low tech	10,269	971
High tech.	771	17
Other	169	26

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	565	206
Textiles & clothing	145	549
Wood & paper	128	57
Chemicals	3,587	301
Low tech	16,109	3,217
High tech.	3,970	1,454
Other	584	367

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	346	403
Textiles & clothing	435	534
Wood & paper	570	93
Chemicals	9,208	699
Low tech	10,379	1,088
High tech.	5,096	803
Other	661	231

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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