Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,051	15
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	1,367	286
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	478	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	370	51
H: Transport & storage	233	3
I: Accommodation & catering	90	33
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	3	1
L: Real estate activities.	6	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	66	0
N: Administrative & support	198	5
O: Public administration & defence	37	1
P: Education	33	58
Q: Human health & social work	43	41
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	68	70
T: Activities of households	221	1,179
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	306	49
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	156	53
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	59	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	44	11
H: Transport & storage	23	1
I: Accommodation & catering	11	10
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	1	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6	0
N: Administrative & support	4	0
O: Public administration & defence	8	0
P: Education	4	9
Q: Human health & social work	4	8
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	9	14
T: Activities of households	8	89
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	565	14
B: Mining & quarrying	76	0
C: Manufacturing	4,190	956
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	25	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	14	0
F: Construction	1,406	10
G: Wholesale & retail trade	854	153
H: Transport & storage	589	4
I: Accommodation & catering	146	101
J: Information & communication	35	10
K: Financial & insurance	64	1
L: Real estate activities.	17	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	161	2
N: Administrative & support	294	6
O: Public administration & defence	285	7
P: Education	56	241
Q: Human health & social work	57	130
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	177	273
T: Activities of households	115	1,743
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	799	25
B: Mining & quarrying	115	0
C: Manufacturing	10,465	1,320
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	106	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	0
F: Construction	1,826	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,799	706
H: Transport & storage	1,879	13
I: Accommodation & catering	198	366
J: Information & communication	69	39
K: Financial & insurance	202	7
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	163	1
N: Administrative & support	578	147
O: Public administration & defence	571	48
P: Education	126	283
Q: Human health & social work	114	275
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	380	495
T: Activities of households	198	2,023
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	328	21
B: Mining & quarrying	93	0
C: Manufacturing	8,506	1,417
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	230	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	21	2
F: Construction	836	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,750	1,351
H: Transport & storage	1,920	106
I: Accommodation & catering	253	446
J: Information & communication	8	8
K: Financial & insurance	302	70
L: Real estate activities.	38	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	152	30
N: Administrative & support	1	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,413	118
P: Education	193	385
Q: Human health & social work	212	425
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	591	298
T: Activities of households	119	1,819
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	322	44
B: Mining & quarrying	16	3
C: Manufacturing	11,869	2,513
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	489	33
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	33	0
F: Construction	1,955	40
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,743	2,137
H: Transport & storage	2,278	548
I: Accommodation & catering	297	947
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	352	184
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	236	99
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,404	537
P: Education	274	471
Q: Human health & social work	315	760
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	524	446
T: Activities of households	41	421
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	235	23
B: Mining & quarrying	14	10
C: Manufacturing	11,722	2,443
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	448	154
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	136	39
F: Construction	2,214	117
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,279	3,330
H: Transport & storage	2,118	579
I: Accommodation & catering	313	891
J: Information & communication	166	145
K: Financial & insurance	486	714
L: Real estate activities.	21	20
M: Professional, scientific & technical	320	261
N: Administrative & support	39	260
O: Public administration & defence	2,538	1,300
P: Education	540	1,272
Q: Human health & social work	537	1,683
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	389	591
T: Activities of households	21	312
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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