Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	64	21
Textiles & clothing	4,585	3,316
Wood & paper	110	13
Chemicals	30	0
Low tech	543	15
High tech.	309	3
Other	175	72

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	30	10
Textiles & clothing	436	486
Wood & paper	52	20
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	109	1
High tech.	69	1
Other	18	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	47	14
Textiles & clothing	300	350
Wood & paper	85	7
Chemicals	16	33
Low tech	126	1
High tech.	128	3
Other	128	20

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	129	135
Textiles & clothing	2,856	3,545
Wood & paper	149	38
Chemicals	199	32
Low tech	590	20
High tech.	673	22
Other	306	29

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	373	225
Textiles & clothing	397	599
Wood & paper	256	52
Chemicals	509	36
Low tech	126	8
High tech.	610	17
Other	155	26

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	563	403
Textiles & clothing	240	602
Wood & paper	311	35
Chemicals	2,247	209
Low tech	143	22
High tech.	912	243
Other	169	68

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	561	234
Textiles & clothing	1,996	1,167
Wood & paper	603	106
Chemicals	1,585	360
Low tech	1,344	187
High tech.	4,084	652
Other	254	60

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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