Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 227 Show data context 67 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 2,355 Show data context 924 Show data context
Wood & paper 227 Show data context 9 Show data context
Chemicals 29 Show data context 1 Show data context
Low tech 785 Show data context 17 Show data context
High tech. 247 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other 94 Show data context 5 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 242 Show data context 83 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 993 Show data context 980 Show data context
Wood & paper 113 Show data context 2 Show data context
Chemicals 39 Show data context 6 Show data context
Low tech 543 Show data context 9 Show data context
High tech. 104 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other 97 Show data context 4 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 127 Show data context 50 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 696 Show data context 874 Show data context
Wood & paper 69 Show data context 11 Show data context
Chemicals 30 Show data context 7 Show data context
Low tech 360 Show data context 7 Show data context
High tech. 121 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other 227 Show data context 21 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 141 Show data context 192 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 547 Show data context 869 Show data context
Wood & paper 298 Show data context 68 Show data context
Chemicals 126 Show data context 18 Show data context
Low tech 527 Show data context 29 Show data context
High tech. 306 Show data context 6 Show data context
Other 299 Show data context 28 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 130 Show data context 99 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 179 Show data context 142 Show data context
Wood & paper 239 Show data context 6 Show data context
Chemicals 87 Show data context 1 Show data context
Low tech 256 Show data context 3 Show data context
High tech. 213 Show data context 11 Show data context
Other 108 Show data context 7 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 203 Show data context 115 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 59 Show data context 97 Show data context
Wood & paper 245 Show data context 19 Show data context
Chemicals 24 Show data context 4 Show data context
Low tech 445 Show data context 46 Show data context
High tech. 173 Show data context 14 Show data context
Other 98 Show data context 14 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing Male Female
Food & drink 377 Show data context 101 Show data context
Textiles & clothing 770 Show data context 419 Show data context
Wood & paper 413 Show data context 50 Show data context
Chemicals 716 Show data context 66 Show data context
Low tech 957 Show data context 38 Show data context
High tech. 706 Show data context 63 Show data context
Other 180 Show data context 40 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'
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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Our presentation of long-run trends in economic activity is based around the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification, but in that Manufacturing is treated as just one of twenty-one "Sections". Earlier classifications provide far more detail of manufacturing, so to present some of that detail in long-run perspective here we use a seven-way sub-classification of manufacturing used by the 2011 Census of England and Wales (unfortunately equivalent detail is not available from the Scottish 2011 census). "High-tech" i...


ncludes electronics and aircraft manufacture, but also cars, shipbuilding and making any kind of machinery. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 data, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Eden District through time | Industry Statistics | Workers in Manufacturing, by sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 24th April 2024