Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	291	15
Textiles & clothing	742	251
Wood & paper	196	8
Chemicals	16	0
Low tech	392	7
High tech.	300	3
Other	80	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	264	20
Textiles & clothing	598	574
Wood & paper	222	2
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	419	3
High tech.	183	0
Other	65	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	237	20
Textiles & clothing	384	380
Wood & paper	153	9
Chemicals	27	0
Low tech	436	1
High tech.	165	1
Other	168	22

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	412	95
Textiles & clothing	306	530
Wood & paper	114	2
Chemicals	35	6
Low tech	480	2
High tech.	311	2
Other	227	12

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	491	73
Textiles & clothing	284	207
Wood & paper	217	14
Chemicals	21	4
Low tech	447	8
High tech.	473	24
Other	188	27

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	385	117
Textiles & clothing	319	231
Wood & paper	250	17
Chemicals	39	15
Low tech	350	19
High tech.	317	38
Other	154	65

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	459	148
Textiles & clothing	169	204
Wood & paper	386	25
Chemicals	392	160
Low tech	836	117
High tech.	1,900	506
Other	536	211

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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