Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,955	105
B: Mining & quarrying	477	5
C: Manufacturing	2,620	678
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	1
F: Construction	717	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	366	58
H: Transport & storage	283	11
I: Accommodation & catering	61	75
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	41	0
N: Administrative & support	195	8
O: Public administration & defence	56	0
P: Education	48	22
Q: Human health & social work	20	3
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	39	47
T: Activities of households	276	1,063
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,450	281
B: Mining & quarrying	1,218	5
C: Manufacturing	2,200	1,171
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	6	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	362	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	237	119
H: Transport & storage	451	19
I: Accommodation & catering	27	32
J: Information & communication	5	0
K: Financial & insurance	9	1
L: Real estate activities.	35	31
M: Professional, scientific & technical	26	0
N: Administrative & support	51	4
O: Public administration & defence	52	1
P: Education	43	26
Q: Human health & social work	11	8
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	35	84
T: Activities of households	75	614
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,059	262
B: Mining & quarrying	1,408	20
C: Manufacturing	4,562	1,138
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	13	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	12	1
F: Construction	866	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	632	242
H: Transport & storage	690	10
I: Accommodation & catering	25	55
J: Information & communication	22	5
K: Financial & insurance	68	0
L: Real estate activities.	8	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	77	0
N: Administrative & support	230	3
O: Public administration & defence	134	10
P: Education	58	96
Q: Human health & social work	28	22
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	73	131
T: Activities of households	197	1,103
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,386	527
B: Mining & quarrying	8,653	138
C: Manufacturing	13,496	2,351
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	96	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	143	0
F: Construction	1,907	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,779	913
H: Transport & storage	3,770	162
I: Accommodation & catering	300	138
J: Information & communication	32	14
K: Financial & insurance	277	9
L: Real estate activities.	20	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	280	9
N: Administrative & support	1,123	387
O: Public administration & defence	505	5
P: Education	162	369
Q: Human health & social work	129	296
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	348	498
T: Activities of households	491	2,142
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,051	285
B: Mining & quarrying	6,879	86
C: Manufacturing	15,931	3,027
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	237	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	81	5
F: Construction	1,915	63
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,703	2,303
H: Transport & storage	3,731	506
I: Accommodation & catering	360	346
J: Information & communication	10	10
K: Financial & insurance	407	66
L: Real estate activities.	217	15
M: Professional, scientific & technical	233	138
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,268	129
P: Education	263	705
Q: Human health & social work	256	554
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	564	381
T: Activities of households	412	2,401
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,999	263
B: Mining & quarrying	4,904	39
C: Manufacturing	18,508	5,074
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	447	36
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	88	8
F: Construction	3,277	109
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,113	2,640
H: Transport & storage	3,101	758
I: Accommodation & catering	413	735
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	333	111
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	134	129
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,766	305
P: Education	308	771
Q: Human health & social work	695	1,454
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	767	538
T: Activities of households	159	599
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,037	167
B: Mining & quarrying	1,378	45
C: Manufacturing	16,590	5,510
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	445	36
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	131	42
F: Construction	4,492	253
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,316	3,944
H: Transport & storage	3,117	891
I: Accommodation & catering	453	1,112
J: Information & communication	217	547
K: Financial & insurance	443	355
L: Real estate activities.	7	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	255	194
N: Administrative & support	44	63
O: Public administration & defence	2,142	1,224
P: Education	1,042	1,910
Q: Human health & social work	926	2,549
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	416	571
T: Activities of households	86	341
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	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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