Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,533	203
B: Mining & quarrying	3,393	16
C: Manufacturing	35,087	18,566
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	68	6
F: Construction	3,263	14
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,254	390
H: Transport & storage	1,769	78
I: Accommodation & catering	543	171
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	27	1
L: Real estate activities.	36	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	106	0
N: Administrative & support	731	3
O: Public administration & defence	464	2
P: Education	186	178
Q: Human health & social work	108	52
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	260	271
T: Activities of households	700	3,877
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,786	1,669
B: Mining & quarrying	2,586	0
C: Manufacturing	22,244	13,466
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	75	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	75	16
F: Construction	3,555	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,187	586
H: Transport & storage	1,520	16
I: Accommodation & catering	412	420
J: Information & communication	58	13
K: Financial & insurance	54	3
L: Real estate activities.	152	223
M: Professional, scientific & technical	172	1
N: Administrative & support	289	38
O: Public administration & defence	205	3
P: Education	171	245
Q: Human health & social work	83	76
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	254	543
T: Activities of households	222	2,530
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,132	157
B: Mining & quarrying	2,872	11
C: Manufacturing	30,344	24,003
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	172	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	46	3
F: Construction	4,689	13
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,270	550
H: Transport & storage	2,671	22
I: Accommodation & catering	572	244
J: Information & communication	91	9
K: Financial & insurance	202	4
L: Real estate activities.	45	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	334	5
N: Administrative & support	1,072	27
O: Public administration & defence	706	23
P: Education	314	591
Q: Human health & social work	140	124
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	380	773
T: Activities of households	591	5,880
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,938	269
B: Mining & quarrying	10,093	2
C: Manufacturing	34,412	26,384
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	583	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	263	191
F: Construction	4,959	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,094	1,844
H: Transport & storage	6,319	114
I: Accommodation & catering	900	977
J: Information & communication	233	109
K: Financial & insurance	756	12
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	378	20
N: Administrative & support	1,814	480
O: Public administration & defence	1,140	195
P: Education	421	1,062
Q: Human health & social work	267	556
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,199	1,848
T: Activities of households	627	4,571
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,544	104
B: Mining & quarrying	1,222	14
C: Manufacturing	35,967	29,088
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	857	36
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	494	84
F: Construction	3,422	46
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,350	2,683
H: Transport & storage	4,435	212
I: Accommodation & catering	917	866
J: Information & communication	26	6
K: Financial & insurance	851	161
L: Real estate activities.	120	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	556	187
N: Administrative & support	0	3
O: Public administration & defence	2,858	186
P: Education	543	841
Q: Human health & social work	403	691
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,141	609
T: Activities of households	624	3,307
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,921	232
B: Mining & quarrying	669	11
C: Manufacturing	39,061	25,842
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,126	63
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	211	3
F: Construction	4,116	111
G: Wholesale & retail trade	6,938	4,505
H: Transport & storage	4,098	432
I: Accommodation & catering	939	2,474
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	781	372
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	494	282
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,438	512
P: Education	655	984
Q: Human health & social work	647	1,327
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,378	1,173
T: Activities of households	190	1,171
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,072	127
B: Mining & quarrying	5,152	59
C: Manufacturing	25,516	11,097
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	833	53
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	213	2
F: Construction	4,331	137
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,395	3,826
H: Transport & storage	2,774	298
I: Accommodation & catering	769	983
J: Information & communication	517	155
K: Financial & insurance	972	961
L: Real estate activities.	27	23
M: Professional, scientific & technical	545	389
N: Administrative & support	79	86
O: Public administration & defence	2,716	1,381
P: Education	1,236	2,434
Q: Human health & social work	992	2,073
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	668	887
T: Activities of households	66	477
U: Extraterritorial bodies	26	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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