Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 1,745 Show data context 3 Show data context 3,572 Show data context 1,757 Show data context 2,704 Show data context 357 Show data context 340 Show data context
1861 3,344 Show data context 40 Show data context 4,877 Show data context 2,724 Show data context 4,112 Show data context 490 Show data context 718 Show data context
1881 3,185 Show data context 12 Show data context 6,079 Show data context 3,689 Show data context 5,414 Show data context 504 Show data context 1,382 Show data context
1911 3,841 Show data context 18 Show data context 7,455 Show data context 4,933 Show data context 9,039 Show data context 955 Show data context 1,728 Show data context
1931 2,891 Show data context 7 Show data context 6,354 Show data context 4,280 Show data context 9,807 Show data context 742 Show data context 2,553 Show data context
1951 1,924 Show data context 14 Show data context 7,363 Show data context 5,283 Show data context 7,755 Show data context 575 Show data context 2,909 Show data context
1971 1,277 Show data context 330 Show data context 10,741 Show data context 5,356 Show data context 9,648 Show data context 1,749 Show data context 4,256 Show data context
1991 620 Show data context 1,230 Show data context 5,181 Show data context 5,672 Show data context 11,573 Show data context 3,416 Show data context 7,197 Show data context
2011 347 Show data context 589 Show data context 3,196 Show data context 5,297 Show data context 13,072 Show data context 5,320 Show data context 12,139 Show data context
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'
1881 - 2011 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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