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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 18,960 Show data context 466 Show data context 10,285 Show data context 5,100 Show data context 12,536 Show data context 1,123 Show data context 1,531 Show data context
1861 23,619 Show data context 655 Show data context 16,026 Show data context 7,115 Show data context 13,680 Show data context 1,325 Show data context 3,279 Show data context
1881 16,721 Show data context 917 Show data context 14,099 Show data context 8,432 Show data context 18,082 Show data context 1,139 Show data context 5,186 Show data context
1911 19,278 Show data context 1,376 Show data context 13,171 Show data context 12,399 Show data context 24,948 Show data context 1,974 Show data context 11,728 Show data context
1931 14,748 Show data context 1,633 Show data context 10,460 Show data context 11,865 Show data context 28,764 Show data context 1,680 Show data context 13,300 Show data context
1951 14,813 Show data context 803 Show data context 13,593 Show data context 14,379 Show data context 24,703 Show data context 2,240 Show data context 25,806 Show data context
1971 8,390 Show data context 528 Show data context 14,812 Show data context 14,095 Show data context 20,423 Show data context 7,706 Show data context 21,484 Show data context
1991 6,939 Show data context 470 Show data context 24,032 Show data context 17,918 Show data context 36,086 Show data context 16,512 Show data context 33,811 Show data context
2011 4,266 Show data context 412 Show data context 17,799 Show data context 24,489 Show data context 50,860 Show data context 27,160 Show data context 53,562 Show data context
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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