Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	854	10	1,103	591	2,008	417	244
1861	1,099	3	818	592	1,706	160	574
1881	916	13	931	1,372	2,094	209	285
1911	543	12	1,788	1,983	5,097	970	1,355
1931	626	53	3,393	2,321	5,629	715	1,509
1951	710	123	8,313	2,430	4,727	495	4,463
1971	784	29	6,697	4,421	5,423	2,516	5,099
1991	381	50	5,045	5,372	8,098	6,841	8,138
2011	100	70	3,160	7,610	11,824	14,246	12,792

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'
1881 - 2011	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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