Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,252	294
B: Mining & quarrying	1,710	93
C: Manufacturing	13,082	7,576
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	7	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	15	5
F: Construction	2,002	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	845	200
H: Transport & storage	803	44
I: Accommodation & catering	295	106
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	11	3
L: Real estate activities.	37	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	110	0
N: Administrative & support	557	4
O: Public administration & defence	225	3
P: Education	108	122
Q: Human health & social work	95	53
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	136	157
T: Activities of households	986	3,643
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,226	1,182
B: Mining & quarrying	85	0
C: Manufacturing	2,232	1,345
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3	0
F: Construction	952	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	473	207
H: Transport & storage	539	11
I: Accommodation & catering	168	248
J: Information & communication	23	1
K: Financial & insurance	12	1
L: Real estate activities.	135	144
M: Professional, scientific & technical	100	0
N: Administrative & support	82	6
O: Public administration & defence	159	10
P: Education	69	109
Q: Human health & social work	55	43
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	95	193
T: Activities of households	106	1,169
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,832	169
B: Mining & quarrying	211	0
C: Manufacturing	3,770	2,174
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	30	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1	0
F: Construction	1,942	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	689	218
H: Transport & storage	931	15
I: Accommodation & catering	178	242
J: Information & communication	36	4
K: Financial & insurance	48	4
L: Real estate activities.	31	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	127	2
N: Administrative & support	189	7
O: Public administration & defence	391	20
P: Education	109	206
Q: Human health & social work	116	106
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	111	250
T: Activities of households	261	2,467
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,206	374
B: Mining & quarrying	3,141	88
C: Manufacturing	10,284	9,117
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	135	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	62	0
F: Construction	1,525	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,600	599
H: Transport & storage	1,885	36
I: Accommodation & catering	251	338
J: Information & communication	58	34
K: Financial & insurance	278	6
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	116	7
N: Administrative & support	772	118
O: Public administration & defence	374	76
P: Education	124	400
Q: Human health & social work	105	215
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	358	527
T: Activities of households	315	1,817
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,501	217
B: Mining & quarrying	190	1
C: Manufacturing	8,371	3,067
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	248	7
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	8
F: Construction	1,709	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,019	1,570
H: Transport & storage	3,132	132
I: Accommodation & catering	493	852
J: Information & communication	14	5
K: Financial & insurance	336	73
L: Real estate activities.	52	8
M: Professional, scientific & technical	218	83
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	1,930	115
P: Education	311	668
Q: Human health & social work	293	489
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	692	691
T: Activities of households	390	2,960
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,289	311
B: Mining & quarrying	192	4
C: Manufacturing	11,495	4,187
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	546	30
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	49	0
F: Construction	3,014	75
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,592	2,523
H: Transport & storage	4,106	470
I: Accommodation & catering	959	2,358
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	481	490
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	262	142
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,593	335
P: Education	322	578
Q: Human health & social work	846	1,302
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	952	846
T: Activities of households	180	886
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	832	130
B: Mining & quarrying	593	25
C: Manufacturing	13,524	3,545
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	317	26
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	2
F: Construction	2,731	103
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,794	1,631
H: Transport & storage	1,403	120
I: Accommodation & catering	375	456
J: Information & communication	238	96
K: Financial & insurance	357	206
L: Real estate activities.	34	19
M: Professional, scientific & technical	250	95
N: Administrative & support	48	55
O: Public administration & defence	1,421	552
P: Education	609	1,137
Q: Human health & social work	514	764
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	459	372
T: Activities of households	36	156
U: Extraterritorial bodies	18	3

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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