Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,549	229
B: Mining & quarrying	406	8
C: Manufacturing	3,004	1,525
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	2
F: Construction	1,480	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	632	133
H: Transport & storage	295	4
I: Accommodation & catering	135	44
J: Information & communication	16	0
K: Financial & insurance	20	2
L: Real estate activities.	17	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	103	0
N: Administrative & support	329	6
O: Public administration & defence	119	6
P: Education	69	118
Q: Human health & social work	61	56
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	127	264
T: Activities of households	538	2,759
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,899	1,285
B: Mining & quarrying	93	0
C: Manufacturing	2,541	2,413
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	3
F: Construction	1,365	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	584	345
H: Transport & storage	277	28
I: Accommodation & catering	209	240
J: Information & communication	12	1
K: Financial & insurance	15	0
L: Real estate activities.	123	161
M: Professional, scientific & technical	100	1
N: Administrative & support	65	10
O: Public administration & defence	168	12
P: Education	72	237
Q: Human health & social work	51	91
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	168	736
T: Activities of households	190	1,738
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,987	246
B: Mining & quarrying	29	0
C: Manufacturing	2,613	2,292
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	20	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	2
F: Construction	1,480	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	714	280
H: Transport & storage	558	2
I: Accommodation & catering	175	89
J: Information & communication	25	7
K: Financial & insurance	53	0
L: Real estate activities.	21	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	126	2
N: Administrative & support	178	7
O: Public administration & defence	410	16
P: Education	105	307
Q: Human health & social work	37	111
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	135	769
T: Activities of households	404	2,858
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,508	348
B: Mining & quarrying	965	2
C: Manufacturing	4,057	3,400
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	95	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	0
F: Construction	1,752	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,493	663
H: Transport & storage	1,738	22
I: Accommodation & catering	264	478
J: Information & communication	49	54
K: Financial & insurance	205	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	146	7
N: Administrative & support	302	114
O: Public administration & defence	427	89
P: Education	134	494
Q: Human health & social work	93	280
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	377	1,237
T: Activities of households	621	3,167
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,330	128
B: Mining & quarrying	129	1
C: Manufacturing	3,449	2,592
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	179	11
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	35	2
F: Construction	1,488	9
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,369	991
H: Transport & storage	2,210	97
I: Accommodation & catering	351	478
J: Information & communication	7	1
K: Financial & insurance	223	30
L: Real estate activities.	64	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	205	40
N: Administrative & support	1	1
O: Public administration & defence	978	49
P: Education	185	478
Q: Human health & social work	160	322
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	405	264
T: Activities of households	1,012	2,352
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,306	383
B: Mining & quarrying	104	1
C: Manufacturing	3,816	2,375
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	553	64
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	1
F: Construction	1,870	37
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,803	1,710
H: Transport & storage	2,758	317
I: Accommodation & catering	354	820
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	294	111
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	209	119
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	4,285	735
P: Education	419	596
Q: Human health & social work	621	870
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	483	478
T: Activities of households	372	1,001
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,996	230
B: Mining & quarrying	300	6
C: Manufacturing	6,801	1,588
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	545	26
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	43	2
F: Construction	2,304	56
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,740	1,119
H: Transport & storage	1,204	114
I: Accommodation & catering	408	325
J: Information & communication	455	97
K: Financial & insurance	265	120
L: Real estate activities.	72	30
M: Professional, scientific & technical	312	126
N: Administrative & support	50	28
O: Public administration & defence	1,906	414
P: Education	648	769
Q: Human health & social work	400	538
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	306	214
T: Activities of households	129	290
U: Extraterritorial bodies	24	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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