Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,420	278
B: Mining & quarrying	8	0
C: Manufacturing	721	1,119
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	307	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	52	10
H: Transport & storage	118	0
I: Accommodation & catering	23	8
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	2	0
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	35	0
N: Administrative & support	111	4
O: Public administration & defence	31	0
P: Education	43	19
Q: Human health & social work	15	17
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	37	20
T: Activities of households	208	1,422
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,237	1,089
B: Mining & quarrying	25	0
C: Manufacturing	1,097	1,619
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	2
F: Construction	700	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	245	152
H: Transport & storage	359	1
I: Accommodation & catering	27	32
J: Information & communication	1	0
K: Financial & insurance	9	0
L: Real estate activities.	31	38
M: Professional, scientific & technical	26	0
N: Administrative & support	94	3
O: Public administration & defence	55	1
P: Education	91	59
Q: Human health & social work	16	34
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	70	47
T: Activities of households	78	1,738
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,015	1,264
B: Mining & quarrying	22	0
C: Manufacturing	1,030	565
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	2
F: Construction	639	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	398	105
H: Transport & storage	280	1
I: Accommodation & catering	17	48
J: Information & communication	20	0
K: Financial & insurance	28	0
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	36	2
N: Administrative & support	48	1
O: Public administration & defence	105	10
P: Education	83	61
Q: Human health & social work	13	20
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	84	47
T: Activities of households	18	834
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,202	1,608
B: Mining & quarrying	20	0
C: Manufacturing	815	563
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	6	0
F: Construction	468	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	410	151
H: Transport & storage	540	26
I: Accommodation & catering	22	41
J: Information & communication	4	1
K: Financial & insurance	34	1
L: Real estate activities.	5	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	57	8
N: Administrative & support	56	27
O: Public administration & defence	65	0
P: Education	47	110
Q: Human health & social work	25	39
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	92	118
T: Activities of households	46	782
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,483	402
B: Mining & quarrying	10	1
C: Manufacturing	667	101
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	277	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	676	254
H: Transport & storage	651	33
I: Accommodation & catering	30	85
J: Information & communication	1	1
K: Financial & insurance	46	1
L: Real estate activities.	18	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	47	18
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	129	14
P: Education	44	160
Q: Human health & social work	32	50
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	84	35
T: Activities of households	39	654
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,244	376
B: Mining & quarrying	25	0
C: Manufacturing	471	49
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	44	5
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	0	0
F: Construction	715	14
G: Wholesale & retail trade	685	338
H: Transport & storage	574	72
I: Accommodation & catering	59	121
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	48	17
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	25	25
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	489	65
P: Education	63	129
Q: Human health & social work	32	86
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	81	32
T: Activities of households	14	226
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,750	460
B: Mining & quarrying	0	0
C: Manufacturing	460	140
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	40	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	10	0
F: Construction	720	30
G: Wholesale & retail trade	620	580
H: Transport & storage	530	60
I: Accommodation & catering	40	200
J: Information & communication	30	10
K: Financial & insurance	70	20
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	20	30
N: Administrative & support	0	10
O: Public administration & defence	200	130
P: Education	100	190
Q: Human health & social work	60	240
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	20	30
T: Activities of households	10	140
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	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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