Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	366	6
B: Mining & quarrying	4	0
C: Manufacturing	396	91
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	169	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	131	38
H: Transport & storage	89	1
I: Accommodation & catering	20	6
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	22	0
N: Administrative & support	149	2
O: Public administration & defence	38	1
P: Education	14	27
Q: Human health & social work	14	14
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	20	53
T: Activities of households	117	497
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	381	33
B: Mining & quarrying	2	0
C: Manufacturing	189	82
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	126	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	65	19
H: Transport & storage	52	1
I: Accommodation & catering	28	25
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	11	12
M: Professional, scientific & technical	20	0
N: Administrative & support	20	0
O: Public administration & defence	28	6
P: Education	9	20
Q: Human health & social work	8	10
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	17	66
T: Activities of households	105	248
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	596	16
B: Mining & quarrying	3	1
C: Manufacturing	317	162
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	348	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	184	38
H: Transport & storage	192	1
I: Accommodation & catering	52	33
J: Information & communication	13	5
K: Financial & insurance	30	1
L: Real estate activities.	8	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	59	0
N: Administrative & support	50	2
O: Public administration & defence	75	3
P: Education	34	91
Q: Human health & social work	16	32
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	32	174
T: Activities of households	146	889
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	652	23
B: Mining & quarrying	19	0
C: Manufacturing	1,155	552
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	79	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	0
F: Construction	943	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	908	256
H: Transport & storage	817	11
I: Accommodation & catering	131	147
J: Information & communication	46	23
K: Financial & insurance	174	5
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	149	14
N: Administrative & support	375	111
O: Public administration & defence	589	63
P: Education	75	196
Q: Human health & social work	104	259
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	287	572
T: Activities of households	585	2,329
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	346	16
B: Mining & quarrying	8	2
C: Manufacturing	1,356	409
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	217	6
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	44	0
F: Construction	1,187	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,397	508
H: Transport & storage	664	94
I: Accommodation & catering	161	207
J: Information & communication	49	11
K: Financial & insurance	466	79
L: Real estate activities.	75	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	273	49
N: Administrative & support	0	2
O: Public administration & defence	1,239	189
P: Education	254	602
Q: Human health & social work	379	775
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	607	330
T: Activities of households	650	1,966
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	274	38
B: Mining & quarrying	3	0
C: Manufacturing	1,209	473
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	244	27
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	30	0
F: Construction	1,248	47
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,710	1,121
H: Transport & storage	619	181
I: Accommodation & catering	205	548
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	218	122
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	154	103
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,001	261
P: Education	306	499
Q: Human health & social work	1,429	1,693
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	620	423
T: Activities of households	144	703
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	213	79
B: Mining & quarrying	11	10
C: Manufacturing	1,939	799
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	181	89
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	58	0
F: Construction	1,678	182
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,100	1,785
H: Transport & storage	767	138
I: Accommodation & catering	239	231
J: Information & communication	179	104
K: Financial & insurance	269	369
L: Real estate activities.	105	91
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,233	596
N: Administrative & support	128	134
O: Public administration & defence	1,207	712
P: Education	532	1,385
Q: Human health & social work	1,687	2,528
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	501	562
T: Activities of households	25	355
U: Extraterritorial bodies	10	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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