Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	53	5
Textiles & clothing	449	130
Wood & paper	93	2
Chemicals	25	0
Low tech	1,276	19
High tech.	169	1
Other	20	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	126	23
Textiles & clothing	700	858
Wood & paper	130	2
Chemicals	94	2
Low tech	2,938	127
High tech.	385	0
Other	80	6

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	68	20
Textiles & clothing	367	704
Wood & paper	44	2
Chemicals	104	13
Low tech	3,038	286
High tech.	373	2
Other	738	29

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	532	146
Textiles & clothing	502	1,085
Wood & paper	148	10
Chemicals	275	9
Low tech	4,019	142
High tech.	1,558	0
Other	1,608	27

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	624	100
Textiles & clothing	248	220
Wood & paper	71	3
Chemicals	250	2
Low tech	2,330	89
High tech.	653	15
Other	127	12

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	611	194
Textiles & clothing	326	1,493
Wood & paper	124	18
Chemicals	610	57
Low tech	1,966	432
High tech.	2,334	579
Other	412	424

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	562	199
Textiles & clothing	1,586	578
Wood & paper	626	79
Chemicals	1,782	199
Low tech	8,978	622
High tech.	4,911	930
Other	509	230

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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