Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	940	51
B: Mining & quarrying	499	14
C: Manufacturing	7,361	4,700
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	3
F: Construction	760	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	474	106
H: Transport & storage	369	10
I: Accommodation & catering	137	47
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	7	4
L: Real estate activities.	13	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	28	1
N: Administrative & support	178	1
O: Public administration & defence	79	1
P: Education	44	55
Q: Human health & social work	35	17
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	73	98
T: Activities of households	194	1,019
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,728	740
B: Mining & quarrying	1,287	1
C: Manufacturing	14,144	9,098
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	42	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	34	5
F: Construction	1,884	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,031	285
H: Transport & storage	886	9
I: Accommodation & catering	288	279
J: Information & communication	21	0
K: Financial & insurance	26	4
L: Real estate activities.	87	68
M: Professional, scientific & technical	66	0
N: Administrative & support	133	9
O: Public administration & defence	86	3
P: Education	63	95
Q: Human health & social work	40	40
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	140	337
T: Activities of households	107	1,433
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,067	66
B: Mining & quarrying	2,191	7
C: Manufacturing	14,612	13,920
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	55	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	4
F: Construction	1,833	7
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,331	273
H: Transport & storage	1,071	14
I: Accommodation & catering	218	120
J: Information & communication	16	2
K: Financial & insurance	95	3
L: Real estate activities.	23	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	102	0
N: Administrative & support	434	6
O: Public administration & defence	142	9
P: Education	127	173
Q: Human health & social work	52	35
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	161	229
T: Activities of households	192	3,514
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,032	145
B: Mining & quarrying	4,143	125
C: Manufacturing	14,035	12,842
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	189	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	85	0
F: Construction	1,924	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,124	832
H: Transport & storage	2,454	51
I: Accommodation & catering	322	455
J: Information & communication	82	49
K: Financial & insurance	376	9
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	146	10
N: Administrative & support	1,067	169
O: Public administration & defence	477	80
P: Education	146	511
Q: Human health & social work	112	236
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	467	686
T: Activities of households	269	2,029
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	810	52
B: Mining & quarrying	1,360	2
C: Manufacturing	16,393	13,634
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	243	8
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	87	5
F: Construction	971	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,227	739
H: Transport & storage	1,180	60
I: Accommodation & catering	244	223
J: Information & communication	5	2
K: Financial & insurance	285	37
L: Real estate activities.	44	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	171	35
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,011	71
P: Education	199	308
Q: Human health & social work	197	192
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	382	179
T: Activities of households	190	767
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	650	76
B: Mining & quarrying	499	3
C: Manufacturing	13,939	11,594
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	366	23
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	87	2
F: Construction	1,903	40
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,867	1,407
H: Transport & storage	1,126	101
I: Accommodation & catering	287	793
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	204	66
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	134	53
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	875	167
P: Education	220	362
Q: Human health & social work	165	268
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,141	262
T: Activities of households	47	381
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	490	74
B: Mining & quarrying	349	14
C: Manufacturing	8,335	2,209
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	204	18
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	1
F: Construction	1,669	62
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,725	1,016
H: Transport & storage	870	72
I: Accommodation & catering	227	273
J: Information & communication	144	57
K: Financial & insurance	221	125
L: Real estate activities.	20	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	155	62
N: Administrative & support	29	35
O: Public administration & defence	873	337
P: Education	374	690
Q: Human health & social work	316	473
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	282	227
T: Activities of households	22	91
U: Extraterritorial bodies	11	2

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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