Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,068	94
Textiles & clothing	5,060	2,720
Wood & paper	877	396
Chemicals	103	9
Low tech	2,312	80
High tech.	1,809	38
Other	621	52

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,500	175
Textiles & clothing	4,948	10,172
Wood & paper	822	26
Chemicals	223	16
Low tech	2,605	42
High tech.	1,566	11
Other	786	164

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,166	136
Textiles & clothing	3,078	8,813
Wood & paper	595	42
Chemicals	334	36
Low tech	2,775	24
High tech.	1,794	18
Other	1,794	452

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,059	788
Textiles & clothing	2,451	5,986
Wood & paper	1,009	85
Chemicals	1,591	393
Low tech	4,436	102
High tech.	5,900	147
Other	2,829	341

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,139	656
Textiles & clothing	2,824	4,672
Wood & paper	1,924	308
Chemicals	1,210	308
Low tech	5,176	281
High tech.	9,755	1,687
Other	2,675	568

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,039	1,249
Textiles & clothing	2,006	4,719
Wood & paper	1,807	425
Chemicals	1,414	1,041
Low tech	6,600	944
High tech.	19,177	4,525
Other	4,023	1,598

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,297	3,523
Textiles & clothing	2,565	3,800
Wood & paper	4,545	1,103
Chemicals	8,350	4,266
Low tech	11,807	2,218
High tech.	51,751	15,402
Other	6,148	2,312

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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