Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	137	28
Textiles & clothing	1,149	267
Wood & paper	147	18
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	437	5
High tech.	238	4
Other	47	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	138	38
Textiles & clothing	735	534
Wood & paper	108	1
Chemicals	36	1
Low tech	378	2
High tech.	103	0
Other	47	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	170	43
Textiles & clothing	628	624
Wood & paper	80	6
Chemicals	46	0
Low tech	386	2
High tech.	152	3
Other	235	30

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	258	136
Textiles & clothing	491	758
Wood & paper	115	27
Chemicals	160	9
Low tech	1,193	10
High tech.	348	1
Other	397	19

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	333	118
Textiles & clothing	308	157
Wood & paper	184	11
Chemicals	99	4
Low tech	350	5
High tech.	280	18
Other	167	17

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	543	171
Textiles & clothing	118	284
Wood & paper	131	44
Chemicals	101	12
Low tech	296	38
High tech.	258	46
Other	293	71

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	246	40
Textiles & clothing	1,148	337
Wood & paper	232	66
Chemicals	538	81
Low tech	3,941	118
High tech.	1,779	292
Other	125	37

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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