Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,769	136
Textiles & clothing	12,355	6,369
Wood & paper	1,361	36
Chemicals	83	3
Low tech	3,522	5
High tech.	2,816	18
Other	1,295	279

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,350	248
Textiles & clothing	10,786	16,327
Wood & paper	1,574	133
Chemicals	551	32
Low tech	3,795	38
High tech.	2,355	34
Other	1,554	244

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,092	270
Textiles & clothing	7,884	13,134
Wood & paper	1,310	315
Chemicals	532	137
Low tech	4,333	34
High tech.	2,852	49
Other	3,452	1,479

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,107	1,569
Textiles & clothing	9,233	13,493
Wood & paper	1,748	486
Chemicals	1,191	555
Low tech	4,545	39
High tech.	4,925	35
Other	4,552	1,176

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	7,660	2,532
Textiles & clothing	8,918	9,845
Wood & paper	1,963	629
Chemicals	606	84
Low tech	2,516	112
High tech.	6,053	423
Other	3,741	1,220

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,191	3,548
Textiles & clothing	6,462	8,460
Wood & paper	2,744	674
Chemicals	954	134
Low tech	1,898	312
High tech.	9,070	2,053
Other	3,650	1,474

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	9,994	5,302
Textiles & clothing	4,332	5,866
Wood & paper	4,034	804
Chemicals	3,361	1,374
Low tech	4,186	541
High tech.	16,325	4,085
Other	3,215	683

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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