Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,969	170
B: Mining & quarrying	1,286	22
C: Manufacturing	25,425	3,472
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	5
F: Construction	2,201	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,887	416
H: Transport & storage	855	173
I: Accommodation & catering	418	161
J: Information & communication	3	1
K: Financial & insurance	60	4
L: Real estate activities.	33	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	160	5
N: Administrative & support	1,202	18
O: Public administration & defence	355	1
P: Education	140	187
Q: Human health & social work	142	83
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	275	266
T: Activities of households	651	5,069
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,489	970
B: Mining & quarrying	2,691	0
C: Manufacturing	33,047	5,717
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	101	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	63	2
F: Construction	4,179	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,879	1,025
H: Transport & storage	2,194	497
I: Accommodation & catering	677	650
J: Information & communication	71	29
K: Financial & insurance	99	8
L: Real estate activities.	208	249
M: Professional, scientific & technical	281	0
N: Administrative & support	937	12
O: Public administration & defence	782	14
P: Education	156	392
Q: Human health & social work	152	165
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	497	916
T: Activities of households	257	4,015
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,992	118
B: Mining & quarrying	5,612	28
C: Manufacturing	53,357	12,106
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	356	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	96	6
F: Construction	7,381	67
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,073	1,428
H: Transport & storage	5,233	541
I: Accommodation & catering	1,136	504
J: Information & communication	133	22
K: Financial & insurance	591	11
L: Real estate activities.	132	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	718	14
N: Administrative & support	2,783	73
O: Public administration & defence	1,658	100
P: Education	488	1,064
Q: Human health & social work	291	274
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	709	1,989
T: Activities of households	775	11,105
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,599	391
B: Mining & quarrying	12,878	9
C: Manufacturing	86,854	21,736
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,443	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	676	28
F: Construction	12,519	35
G: Wholesale & retail trade	13,070	5,635
H: Transport & storage	17,245	801
I: Accommodation & catering	2,048	2,319
J: Information & communication	432	373
K: Financial & insurance	1,677	51
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,013	41
N: Administrative & support	6,909	1,763
O: Public administration & defence	3,657	562
P: Education	899	2,002
Q: Human health & social work	590	1,343
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,424	4,360
T: Activities of households	1,445	14,408
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,090	128
B: Mining & quarrying	13,290	54
C: Manufacturing	80,557	25,323
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,208	98
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	583	56
F: Construction	7,241	126
G: Wholesale & retail trade	20,219	11,346
H: Transport & storage	12,183	723
I: Accommodation & catering	1,749	3,137
J: Information & communication	91	48
K: Financial & insurance	2,548	570
L: Real estate activities.	274	86
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,382	478
N: Administrative & support	2	11
O: Public administration & defence	7,746	771
P: Education	1,483	3,257
Q: Human health & social work	1,208	2,468
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,179	2,677
T: Activities of households	811	11,578
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	3

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,460	181
B: Mining & quarrying	6,563	184
C: Manufacturing	110,234	40,838
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3,745	323
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	595	21
F: Construction	13,466	478
G: Wholesale & retail trade	19,306	15,883
H: Transport & storage	14,398	2,672
I: Accommodation & catering	1,650	7,162
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2,192	1,165
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,802	960
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	7,515	1,800
P: Education	2,202	3,687
Q: Human health & social work	2,375	5,615
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,213	3,210
T: Activities of households	379	2,550
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	656	94
B: Mining & quarrying	3,480	259
C: Manufacturing	92,041	32,760
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,914	528
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	597	30
F: Construction	17,314	885
G: Wholesale & retail trade	19,698	20,175
H: Transport & storage	11,977	2,407
I: Accommodation & catering	1,794	4,728
J: Information & communication	1,236	739
K: Financial & insurance	2,217	2,566
L: Real estate activities.	206	270
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,716	1,718
N: Administrative & support	455	775
O: Public administration & defence	6,957	4,278
P: Education	5,088	11,501
Q: Human health & social work	2,891	9,805
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,411	3,609
T: Activities of households	125	1,205
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	1

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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