Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,085	202
B: Mining & quarrying	8	0
C: Manufacturing	612	167
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	277	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	128	19
H: Transport & storage	69	2
I: Accommodation & catering	41	8
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	12	0
N: Administrative & support	70	1
O: Public administration & defence	32	1
P: Education	14	25
Q: Human health & social work	12	9
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	23	24
T: Activities of households	134	595
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,145	964
B: Mining & quarrying	12	0
C: Manufacturing	1,286	332
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	542	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	249	75
H: Transport & storage	247	8
I: Accommodation & catering	82	96
J: Information & communication	6	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	19	21
M: Professional, scientific & technical	44	0
N: Administrative & support	21	1
O: Public administration & defence	39	2
P: Education	15	82
Q: Human health & social work	14	22
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	49	112
T: Activities of households	84	385
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,800	251
B: Mining & quarrying	32	0
C: Manufacturing	4,486	685
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	18	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,293	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	447	152
H: Transport & storage	720	13
I: Accommodation & catering	132	90
J: Information & communication	23	2
K: Financial & insurance	22	0
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	87	1
N: Administrative & support	92	7
O: Public administration & defence	99	6
P: Education	53	161
Q: Human health & social work	23	51
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	64	210
T: Activities of households	127	1,259
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,510	75
B: Mining & quarrying	97	0
C: Manufacturing	10,651	2,100
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	153	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	0
F: Construction	1,495	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,391	558
H: Transport & storage	2,907	18
I: Accommodation & catering	213	268
J: Information & communication	48	34
K: Financial & insurance	161	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	101	2
N: Administrative & support	116	109
O: Public administration & defence	672	49
P: Education	140	352
Q: Human health & social work	66	145
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	341	411
T: Activities of households	395	1,631
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,416	35
B: Mining & quarrying	14	1
C: Manufacturing	15,050	2,200
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	396	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	70	1
F: Construction	1,437	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,505	1,264
H: Transport & storage	2,408	254
I: Accommodation & catering	264	361
J: Information & communication	8	1
K: Financial & insurance	232	37
L: Real estate activities.	38	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	103	38
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,347	61
P: Education	199	460
Q: Human health & social work	128	215
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	430	307
T: Activities of households	286	1,510
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,334	104
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	15,001	4,042
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	693	74
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	36	0
F: Construction	2,139	66
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,931	2,259
H: Transport & storage	4,324	770
I: Accommodation & catering	333	687
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	275	104
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	167	98
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,169	521
P: Education	274	446
Q: Human health & social work	253	677
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	628	496
T: Activities of households	89	449
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,045	112
B: Mining & quarrying	11	1
C: Manufacturing	16,025	7,474
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	750	118
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	119	1
F: Construction	4,688	232
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,329	4,716
H: Transport & storage	3,049	582
I: Accommodation & catering	491	740
J: Information & communication	484	451
K: Financial & insurance	408	584
L: Real estate activities.	93	52
M: Professional, scientific & technical	580	268
N: Administrative & support	74	352
O: Public administration & defence	3,917	1,343
P: Education	1,141	2,017
Q: Human health & social work	617	1,737
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	447	838
T: Activities of households	79	261
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

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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