Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	641	36
B: Mining & quarrying	2,007	39
C: Manufacturing	1,486	114
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	1
F: Construction	352	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	187	41
H: Transport & storage	222	6
I: Accommodation & catering	83	33
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	4	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	21	0
N: Administrative & support	100	0
O: Public administration & defence	125	0
P: Education	13	8
Q: Human health & social work	17	3
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	28	14
T: Activities of households	154	675
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	881	275
B: Mining & quarrying	929	0
C: Manufacturing	1,504	348
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	366	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	233	77
H: Transport & storage	237	22
I: Accommodation & catering	72	84
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	4	0
L: Real estate activities.	22	25
M: Professional, scientific & technical	29	0
N: Administrative & support	27	0
O: Public administration & defence	36	1
P: Education	14	36
Q: Human health & social work	11	12
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	44	89
T: Activities of households	26	318
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	545	38
B: Mining & quarrying	2,968	69
C: Manufacturing	3,623	681
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	21	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	1
F: Construction	648	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	431	131
H: Transport & storage	851	7
I: Accommodation & catering	89	75
J: Information & communication	7	3
K: Financial & insurance	28	3
L: Real estate activities.	12	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	58	2
N: Administrative & support	129	2
O: Public administration & defence	61	3
P: Education	37	114
Q: Human health & social work	19	17
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	96	126
T: Activities of households	72	1,129
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	683	63
B: Mining & quarrying	12,594	8
C: Manufacturing	4,117	631
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	79	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	13	0
F: Construction	1,463	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,143	405
H: Transport & storage	1,243	9
I: Accommodation & catering	195	212
J: Information & communication	22	18
K: Financial & insurance	199	2
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	66	2
N: Administrative & support	225	27
O: Public administration & defence	209	49
P: Education	127	276
Q: Human health & social work	64	77
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	228	265
T: Activities of households	151	1,183
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	509	34
B: Mining & quarrying	7,920	11
C: Manufacturing	5,245	406
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	141	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	447	6
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,516	812
H: Transport & storage	1,567	78
I: Accommodation & catering	155	162
J: Information & communication	2	1
K: Financial & insurance	201	25
L: Real estate activities.	30	5
M: Professional, scientific & technical	67	23
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	554	45
P: Education	183	428
Q: Human health & social work	98	195
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	214	130
T: Activities of households	195	1,053
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	450	46
B: Mining & quarrying	5,145	40
C: Manufacturing	12,540	3,326
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	612	41
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	40	2
F: Construction	1,614	16
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,221	1,033
H: Transport & storage	1,718	134
I: Accommodation & catering	175	596
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	162	51
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	42	41
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	670	133
P: Education	226	453
Q: Human health & social work	134	379
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	252	173
T: Activities of households	27	247
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	716	53
B: Mining & quarrying	2,909	24
C: Manufacturing	11,455	1,650
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	239	28
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	83	1
F: Construction	2,117	33
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,803	891
H: Transport & storage	1,241	73
I: Accommodation & catering	271	291
J: Information & communication	104	28
K: Financial & insurance	192	101
L: Real estate activities.	29	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	107	43
N: Administrative & support	21	12
O: Public administration & defence	1,296	376
P: Education	518	652
Q: Human health & social work	369	439
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	224	157
T: Activities of households	23	58
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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