Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,661	76
Textiles & clothing	9,510	7,511
Wood & paper	1,332	111
Chemicals	95	2
Low tech	2,962	108
High tech.	1,227	8
Other	728	130

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,796	146
Textiles & clothing	6,880	14,739
Wood & paper	1,176	67
Chemicals	211	11
Low tech	2,606	39
High tech.	920	4
Other	749	182

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,612	106
Textiles & clothing	5,330	11,587
Wood & paper	977	280
Chemicals	201	32
Low tech	2,604	18
High tech.	1,175	12
Other	1,747	743

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,521	654
Textiles & clothing	6,231	12,871
Wood & paper	1,005	433
Chemicals	372	26
Low tech	2,996	45
High tech.	2,521	75
Other	3,040	528

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,369	731
Textiles & clothing	5,975	8,570
Wood & paper	1,985	474
Chemicals	186	18
Low tech	2,569	58
High tech.	4,144	308
Other	1,886	553

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,291	1,108
Textiles & clothing	6,361	7,819
Wood & paper	2,805	580
Chemicals	1,223	216
Low tech	2,641	233
High tech.	6,494	1,185
Other	2,536	944

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,265	1,653
Textiles & clothing	5,154	3,067
Wood & paper	2,668	313
Chemicals	3,874	548
Low tech	2,814	243
High tech.	11,004	1,286
Other	1,708	337

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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