Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	384	201
Textiles & clothing	29,210	17,178
Wood & paper	791	338
Chemicals	97	4
Low tech	1,821	63
High tech.	1,322	41
Other	1,462	741

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	418	205
Textiles & clothing	17,332	13,106
Wood & paper	375	24
Chemicals	407	11
Low tech	2,036	44
High tech.	1,149	39
Other	526	37

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	836	195
Textiles & clothing	19,758	23,071
Wood & paper	662	107
Chemicals	329	11
Low tech	3,274	85
High tech.	2,799	42
Other	2,686	492

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,113	1,156
Textiles & clothing	16,729	24,137
Wood & paper	658	174
Chemicals	588	72
Low tech	6,362	446
High tech.	6,286	79
Other	2,675	320

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,229	1,540
Textiles & clothing	19,831	25,996
Wood & paper	907	145
Chemicals	364	57
Low tech	5,523	368
High tech.	5,553	443
Other	1,559	540

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,724	2,103
Textiles & clothing	18,102	20,600
Wood & paper	932	172
Chemicals	648	219
Low tech	5,199	883
High tech.	10,005	1,295
Other	1,450	570

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,411	3,106
Textiles & clothing	6,567	4,694
Wood & paper	777	148
Chemicals	1,287	284
Low tech	5,019	835
High tech.	8,581	1,471
Other	873	560

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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