Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	289	15
Textiles & clothing	868	341
Wood & paper	202	11
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	403	5
High tech.	262	5
Other	125	7

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	351	32
Textiles & clothing	616	774
Wood & paper	204	3
Chemicals	33	2
Low tech	338	6
High tech.	138	4
Other	106	12

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	319	25
Textiles & clothing	419	715
Wood & paper	163	7
Chemicals	29	0
Low tech	322	5
High tech.	158	4
Other	307	51

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	387	93
Textiles & clothing	308	618
Wood & paper	144	24
Chemicals	43	8
Low tech	431	3
High tech.	970	1
Other	277	31

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	498	76
Textiles & clothing	260	197
Wood & paper	211	25
Chemicals	22	0
Low tech	312	4
High tech.	803	33
Other	243	23

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	325	119
Textiles & clothing	76	110
Wood & paper	165	10
Chemicals	45	7
Low tech	169	24
High tech.	2,380	435
Other	212	46

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	335	87
Textiles & clothing	55	50
Wood & paper	473	74
Chemicals	739	106
Low tech	472	58
High tech.	3,722	416
Other	171	42

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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