Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	96	5
Textiles & clothing	241	168
Wood & paper	57	0
Chemicals	12	0
Low tech	75	1
High tech.	132	0
Other	21	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	143	19
Textiles & clothing	298	624
Wood & paper	80	0
Chemicals	20	1
Low tech	204	1
High tech.	247	1
Other	40	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	123	13
Textiles & clothing	221	439
Wood & paper	58	2
Chemicals	25	0
Low tech	138	1
High tech.	334	2
Other	125	21

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	51
Textiles & clothing	298	443
Wood & paper	66	3
Chemicals	31	7
Low tech	278	2
High tech.	1,128	1
Other	263	29

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	216	47
Textiles & clothing	141	205
Wood & paper	37	14
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	71	0
High tech.	1,055	18
Other	113	20

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	122	88
Textiles & clothing	80	249
Wood & paper	176	87
Chemicals	1,232	130
Low tech	31	19
High tech.	1,200	103
Other	70	24

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	277	109
Textiles & clothing	30	288
Wood & paper	228	129
Chemicals	456	238
Low tech	120	20
High tech.	4,135	2,329
Other	79	89

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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