Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	18,951	998
B: Mining & quarrying	3,254	199
C: Manufacturing	8,026	1,675
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	9	1
F: Construction	2,432	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,084	231
H: Transport & storage	688	31
I: Accommodation & catering	472	113
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	49	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	112	0
N: Administrative & support	422	2
O: Public administration & defence	453	5
P: Education	131	75
Q: Human health & social work	135	45
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	260	112
T: Activities of households	1,492	8,868
U: Extraterritorial bodies	3	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,221	8,837
B: Mining & quarrying	3,988	0
C: Manufacturing	8,396	3,573
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	18	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	6
F: Construction	3,636	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,508	674
H: Transport & storage	1,036	121
I: Accommodation & catering	608	698
J: Information & communication	14	2
K: Financial & insurance	21	0
L: Real estate activities.	282	225
M: Professional, scientific & technical	196	0
N: Administrative & support	160	6
O: Public administration & defence	323	13
P: Education	203	224
Q: Human health & social work	99	92
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	490	756
T: Activities of households	453	4,440
U: Extraterritorial bodies	6	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,216	891
B: Mining & quarrying	2,405	58
C: Manufacturing	4,894	2,526
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	26	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	2,883	14
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,578	520
H: Transport & storage	1,057	36
I: Accommodation & catering	417	330
J: Information & communication	27	7
K: Financial & insurance	100	2
L: Real estate activities.	69	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	269	2
N: Administrative & support	233	11
O: Public administration & defence	756	46
P: Education	271	364
Q: Human health & social work	107	121
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	412	815
T: Activities of households	1,031	7,619
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	16,432	2,651
B: Mining & quarrying	5,243	4
C: Manufacturing	4,238	2,182
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	121	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	16	0
F: Construction	3,321	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,546	1,117
H: Transport & storage	2,357	28
I: Accommodation & catering	481	1,047
J: Information & communication	61	56
K: Financial & insurance	296	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	229	4
N: Administrative & support	289	54
O: Public administration & defence	849	183
P: Education	305	677
Q: Human health & social work	148	243
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	695	1,196
T: Activities of households	1,451	5,746
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	15,268	1,107
B: Mining & quarrying	3,779	6
C: Manufacturing	2,916	691
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	136	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	212	2
F: Construction	1,599	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,122	1,164
H: Transport & storage	2,696	220
I: Accommodation & catering	558	1,025
J: Information & communication	6	1
K: Financial & insurance	392	25
L: Real estate activities.	114	9
M: Professional, scientific & technical	246	38
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,885	80
P: Education	393	805
Q: Human health & social work	240	499
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	641	262
T: Activities of households	1,364	4,375
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	13,348	1,499
B: Mining & quarrying	1,948	19
C: Manufacturing	3,261	1,383
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	323	37
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	261	1
F: Construction	2,855	46
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,135	1,543
H: Transport & storage	2,666	345
I: Accommodation & catering	507	1,304
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	538	82
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	221	111
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	3,704	435
P: Education	524	766
Q: Human health & social work	381	652
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	619	304
T: Activities of households	299	1,219
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,601	547
B: Mining & quarrying	392	10
C: Manufacturing	4,481	1,576
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	276	19
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	290	5
F: Construction	3,055	55
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,085	1,120
H: Transport & storage	1,839	104
I: Accommodation & catering	401	494
J: Information & communication	155	55
K: Financial & insurance	246	86
L: Real estate activities.	68	14
M: Professional, scientific & technical	207	95
N: Administrative & support	82	31
O: Public administration & defence	2,495	614
P: Education	779	880
Q: Human health & social work	415	538
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	258	163
T: Activities of households	142	328
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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