Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,362	50
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	372	93
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	147	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	103	13
H: Transport & storage	84	1
I: Accommodation & catering	25	6
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	2	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	11	0
N: Administrative & support	70	1
O: Public administration & defence	32	0
P: Education	11	21
Q: Human health & social work	9	9
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	20	18
T: Activities of households	132	404
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,759	190
B: Mining & quarrying	1	0
C: Manufacturing	716	221
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	249	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	201	59
H: Transport & storage	225	3
I: Accommodation & catering	88	79
J: Information & communication	1	1
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	27	26
M: Professional, scientific & technical	30	0
N: Administrative & support	50	0
O: Public administration & defence	73	1
P: Education	17	59
Q: Human health & social work	10	30
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	31	119
T: Activities of households	90	438
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,367	44
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	756	207
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2	0
F: Construction	376	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	258	46
H: Transport & storage	273	2
I: Accommodation & catering	78	32
J: Information & communication	3	0
K: Financial & insurance	31	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	51	1
N: Administrative & support	148	6
O: Public administration & defence	79	7
P: Education	24	74
Q: Human health & social work	12	20
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	31	136
T: Activities of households	103	727
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,557	64
B: Mining & quarrying	29	0
C: Manufacturing	1,877	705
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	106	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	892	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	842	232
H: Transport & storage	1,290	12
I: Accommodation & catering	166	162
J: Information & communication	32	15
K: Financial & insurance	134	6
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	81	7
N: Administrative & support	365	74
O: Public administration & defence	783	63
P: Education	77	189
Q: Human health & social work	54	130
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	215	321
T: Activities of households	410	1,427
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,182	172
B: Mining & quarrying	130	4
C: Manufacturing	5,723	1,699
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	624	12
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	196	8
F: Construction	3,532	26
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,186	1,337
H: Transport & storage	4,004	329
I: Accommodation & catering	245	317
J: Information & communication	66	17
K: Financial & insurance	1,201	288
L: Real estate activities.	194	31
M: Professional, scientific & technical	371	90
N: Administrative & support	1	4
O: Public administration & defence	1,724	137
P: Education	254	597
Q: Human health & social work	252	476
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	506	358
T: Activities of households	478	1,840
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	792	172
B: Mining & quarrying	51	3
C: Manufacturing	8,696	4,714
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	952	140
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	302	24
F: Construction	5,989	136
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,906	3,102
H: Transport & storage	2,801	416
I: Accommodation & catering	342	1,414
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	474	168
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	281	179
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	2,573	443
P: Education	567	863
Q: Human health & social work	693	1,637
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,047	1,123
T: Activities of households	122	721
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	240	30
B: Mining & quarrying	140	20
C: Manufacturing	12,650	8,540
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,140	210
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	300	60
F: Construction	6,010	310
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,760	6,710
H: Transport & storage	4,250	670
I: Accommodation & catering	370	630
J: Information & communication	490	260
K: Financial & insurance	960	1,240
L: Real estate activities.	190	150
M: Professional, scientific & technical	750	510
N: Administrative & support	170	410
O: Public administration & defence	2,600	2,160
P: Education	1,380	3,790
Q: Human health & social work	940	2,810
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	880	1,570
T: Activities of households	10	220
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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