Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	150	7
Textiles & clothing	373	834
Wood & paper	172	194
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	158	4
High tech.	132	1
Other	100	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	175	9
Textiles & clothing	446	2,766
Wood & paper	89	1
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	282	4
High tech.	433	0
Other	25	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	185	13
Textiles & clothing	481	1,813
Wood & paper	71	28
Chemicals	18	2
Low tech	350	2
High tech.	800	28
Other	192	59

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	275	69
Textiles & clothing	413	579
Wood & paper	260	92
Chemicals	41	9
Low tech	344	5
High tech.	823	2
Other	841	217

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	260	24
Textiles & clothing	340	273
Wood & paper	161	169
Chemicals	10	4
Low tech	290	0
High tech.	3,523	169
Other	243	526

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	233	61
Textiles & clothing	236	432
Wood & paper	110	99
Chemicals	39	33
Low tech	402	5
High tech.	4,568	596
Other	448	514

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	486	146
Textiles & clothing	70	78
Wood & paper	456	94
Chemicals	444	172
Low tech	1,135	144
High tech.	2,663	472
Other	395	114

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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