Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,640	106
B: Mining & quarrying	431	0
C: Manufacturing	2,561	1,137
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	476	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	159	55
H: Transport & storage	256	5
I: Accommodation & catering	55	30
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	3	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	24	0
N: Administrative & support	169	6
O: Public administration & defence	36	0
P: Education	47	12
Q: Human health & social work	30	9
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	39	25
T: Activities of households	259	1,327
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,293	655
B: Mining & quarrying	1,709	2
C: Manufacturing	2,720	2,905
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	681	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	477	167
H: Transport & storage	809	16
I: Accommodation & catering	53	59
J: Information & communication	5	1
K: Financial & insurance	19	0
L: Real estate activities.	83	99
M: Professional, scientific & technical	56	0
N: Administrative & support	78	2
O: Public administration & defence	107	1
P: Education	85	51
Q: Human health & social work	25	20
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	79	152
T: Activities of households	86	1,199
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,573	728
B: Mining & quarrying	1,995	0
C: Manufacturing	2,536	1,721
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	22	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,209	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	671	306
H: Transport & storage	853	23
I: Accommodation & catering	48	98
J: Information & communication	18	2
K: Financial & insurance	58	1
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	102	2
N: Administrative & support	177	11
O: Public administration & defence	123	14
P: Education	90	93
Q: Human health & social work	34	27
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	99	155
T: Activities of households	316	1,322
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,719	983
B: Mining & quarrying	5,748	3
C: Manufacturing	6,473	3,616
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	61	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	57	0
F: Construction	1,738	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,384	785
H: Transport & storage	2,511	140
I: Accommodation & catering	217	139
J: Information & communication	27	12
K: Financial & insurance	204	6
L: Real estate activities.	23	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	231	14
N: Administrative & support	477	212
O: Public administration & defence	186	10
P: Education	163	314
Q: Human health & social work	100	194
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	313	348
T: Activities of households	585	2,511
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,599	539
B: Mining & quarrying	5,429	27
C: Manufacturing	7,373	4,116
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	182	10
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	1
F: Construction	1,668	50
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,708	1,638
H: Transport & storage	2,640	274
I: Accommodation & catering	350	497
J: Information & communication	10	2
K: Financial & insurance	327	50
L: Real estate activities.	305	14
M: Professional, scientific & technical	216	111
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,063	103
P: Education	257	599
Q: Human health & social work	146	351
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	488	293
T: Activities of households	498	2,575
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,540	591
B: Mining & quarrying	4,970	55
C: Manufacturing	8,576	4,532
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	240	26
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	49	1
F: Construction	2,478	85
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,102	1,738
H: Transport & storage	2,327	469
I: Accommodation & catering	572	1,041
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	200	76
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	95	108
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,990	252
P: Education	328	665
Q: Human health & social work	298	760
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	526	325
T: Activities of households	184	760
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,963	474
B: Mining & quarrying	3,151	18
C: Manufacturing	9,698	4,836
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	478	72
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	32	5
F: Construction	3,867	177
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,958	2,576
H: Transport & storage	1,953	540
I: Accommodation & catering	656	1,057
J: Information & communication	45	42
K: Financial & insurance	223	159
L: Real estate activities.	77	13
M: Professional, scientific & technical	255	190
N: Administrative & support	27	23
O: Public administration & defence	1,754	688
P: Education	599	1,588
Q: Human health & social work	310	1,025
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	523	517
T: Activities of households	75	444
U: Extraterritorial bodies	31	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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