Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,692	215
Textiles & clothing	10,474	5,959
Wood & paper	2,335	48
Chemicals	388	13
Low tech	4,989	52
High tech.	6,626	22
Other	2,682	276

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,551	572
Textiles & clothing	9,508	11,573
Wood & paper	2,098	110
Chemicals	985	52
Low tech	4,781	110
High tech.	7,429	24
Other	2,737	423

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,709	2,438
Textiles & clothing	9,161	14,663
Wood & paper	2,697	687
Chemicals	1,427	363
Low tech	8,489	120
High tech.	10,972	82
Other	9,630	2,559

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,262	7,988
Textiles & clothing	6,616	16,756
Wood & paper	3,975	2,242
Chemicals	5,261	1,805
Low tech	8,245	986
High tech.	15,380	229
Other	10,121	2,641

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	16,773	13,299
Textiles & clothing	6,103	9,829
Wood & paper	1,761	1,566
Chemicals	4,174	2,987
Low tech	5,096	1,845
High tech.	12,375	2,598
Other	8,813	3,633

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	16,076	14,922
Textiles & clothing	4,746	10,040
Wood & paper	2,234	1,903
Chemicals	12,519	7,388
Low tech	6,077	2,990
High tech.	26,016	7,892
Other	9,102	6,228

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	12,947	13,103
Textiles & clothing	2,562	4,724
Wood & paper	2,574	1,410
Chemicals	6,646	2,942
Low tech	4,229	1,547
High tech.	26,585	7,814
Other	4,227	2,157

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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