Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	33,437	4,328
B: Mining & quarrying	269	0
C: Manufacturing	8,867	1,525
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	2
F: Construction	3,407	11
G: Wholesale & retail trade	614	171
H: Transport & storage	1,232	21
I: Accommodation & catering	363	166
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	26	0
L: Real estate activities.	26	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	221	0
N: Administrative & support	1,249	60
O: Public administration & defence	676	0
P: Education	537	144
Q: Human health & social work	116	71
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	284	66
T: Activities of households	2,783	13,996
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	43,112	7,803
B: Mining & quarrying	750	0
C: Manufacturing	9,182	3,851
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	20	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	1
F: Construction	4,639	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,084	1,188
H: Transport & storage	2,931	51
I: Accommodation & catering	475	556
J: Information & communication	39	4
K: Financial & insurance	103	1
L: Real estate activities.	235	203
M: Professional, scientific & technical	295	0
N: Administrative & support	744	18
O: Public administration & defence	987	15
P: Education	761	316
Q: Human health & social work	102	200
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	479	588
T: Activities of households	762	15,269
U: Extraterritorial bodies	7	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	38,985	11,039
B: Mining & quarrying	839	0
C: Manufacturing	8,735	2,830
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	30	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	7
F: Construction	6,255	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,114	1,330
H: Transport & storage	3,215	15
I: Accommodation & catering	366	526
J: Information & communication	131	20
K: Financial & insurance	307	0
L: Real estate activities.	32	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	474	2
N: Administrative & support	607	8
O: Public administration & defence	1,921	83
P: Education	636	584
Q: Human health & social work	148	219
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	520	554
T: Activities of households	1,594	10,091
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	28,466	5,202
B: Mining & quarrying	446	1
C: Manufacturing	7,066	4,813
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	81	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	50	5
F: Construction	4,020	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,084	952
H: Transport & storage	5,688	352
I: Accommodation & catering	468	443
J: Information & communication	84	27
K: Financial & insurance	440	6
L: Real estate activities.	60	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	450	34
N: Administrative & support	552	357
O: Public administration & defence	4,158	34
P: Education	438	897
Q: Human health & social work	241	483
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	864	1,079
T: Activities of households	1,230	6,972
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	20,563	1,357
B: Mining & quarrying	188	1
C: Manufacturing	6,267	2,545
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	179	9
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	11	6
F: Construction	4,268	48
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,378	2,027
H: Transport & storage	5,544	459
I: Accommodation & catering	809	1,299
J: Information & communication	25	8
K: Financial & insurance	536	69
L: Real estate activities.	1,983	28
M: Professional, scientific & technical	385	209
N: Administrative & support	1	4
O: Public administration & defence	3,515	205
P: Education	469	1,408
Q: Human health & social work	341	873
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	876	481
T: Activities of households	1,268	5,818
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	14,810	923
B: Mining & quarrying	372	8
C: Manufacturing	6,060	1,011
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	426	44
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	38	0
F: Construction	6,548	134
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,198	2,807
H: Transport & storage	5,354	904
I: Accommodation & catering	1,171	2,152
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	563	173
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	433	305
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,015	666
P: Education	504	1,170
Q: Human health & social work	764	1,480
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,008	615
T: Activities of households	454	1,877
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,564	638
B: Mining & quarrying	191	0
C: Manufacturing	6,757	1,377
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	534	68
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	100	1
F: Construction	7,789	270
G: Wholesale & retail trade	5,352	4,531
H: Transport & storage	4,175	987
I: Accommodation & catering	1,699	3,445
J: Information & communication	274	99
K: Financial & insurance	634	424
L: Real estate activities.	242	82
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,582	616
N: Administrative & support	22	80
O: Public administration & defence	6,647	1,684
P: Education	1,023	2,423
Q: Human health & social work	1,104	2,720
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	746	736
T: Activities of households	248	1,109
U: Extraterritorial bodies	192	2

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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