Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	17	5
Textiles & clothing	1,192	862
Wood & paper	29	3
Chemicals	8	0
Low tech	141	4
High tech.	80	1
Other	45	19

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	16	8
Textiles & clothing	79	90
Wood & paper	36	1
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	63	1
High tech.	30	0
Other	9	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	154	58
Textiles & clothing	595	1,531
Wood & paper	135	7
Chemicals	28	0
Low tech	2,795	10
High tech.	3,020	5
Other	1,134	109

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	300	218
Textiles & clothing	1,122	2,200
Wood & paper	315	120
Chemicals	178	12
Low tech	3,935	6
High tech.	8,886	94
Other	764	56

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	351	258
Textiles & clothing	203	214
Wood & paper	416	211
Chemicals	37	3
Low tech	1,726	15
High tech.	10,824	349
Other	215	48

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	381	373
Textiles & clothing	228	542
Wood & paper	374	179
Chemicals	41	5
Low tech	2,775	205
High tech.	10,458	622
Other	334	69

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	241	244
Textiles & clothing	881	1,454
Wood & paper	860	250
Chemicals	768	91
Low tech	994	111
High tech.	12,501	1,680
Other	103	86

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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