Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	319	18
Textiles & clothing	996	1,826
Wood & paper	194	625
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	348	7
High tech.	238	6
Other	98	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	344	22
Textiles & clothing	1,018	4,701
Wood & paper	114	22
Chemicals	29	3
Low tech	491	4
High tech.	174	0
Other	118	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	314	32
Textiles & clothing	621	4,048
Wood & paper	84	52
Chemicals	40	0
Low tech	626	2
High tech.	301	5
Other	249	23

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	534	248
Textiles & clothing	2,236	5,633
Wood & paper	221	134
Chemicals	70	22
Low tech	1,251	28
High tech.	1,784	43
Other	661	238

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	759	394
Textiles & clothing	652	668
Wood & paper	387	103
Chemicals	86	20
Low tech	1,292	17
High tech.	3,333	491
Other	549	286

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	888	863
Textiles & clothing	533	754
Wood & paper	292	64
Chemicals	295	154
Low tech	3,663	290
High tech.	4,977	1,454
Other	526	241

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	615	455
Textiles & clothing	267	725
Wood & paper	390	100
Chemicals	688	120
Low tech	3,201	400
High tech.	9,367	2,697
Other	430	248

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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