Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,272	131
B: Mining & quarrying	841	5
C: Manufacturing	2,851	1,205
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	0	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	2
F: Construction	466	1
G: Wholesale & retail trade	283	39
H: Transport & storage	129	3
I: Accommodation & catering	96	26
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	3	0
L: Real estate activities.	7	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	22	0
N: Administrative & support	131	2
O: Public administration & defence	30	1
P: Education	37	47
Q: Human health & social work	23	7
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	41	25
T: Activities of households	620	1,131
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,004	837
B: Mining & quarrying	918	0
C: Manufacturing	3,062	1,208
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	827	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	499	147
H: Transport & storage	387	20
I: Accommodation & catering	153	147
J: Information & communication	2	3
K: Financial & insurance	5	0
L: Real estate activities.	61	71
M: Professional, scientific & technical	42	0
N: Administrative & support	74	2
O: Public administration & defence	67	1
P: Education	52	139
Q: Human health & social work	28	40
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	83	182
T: Activities of households	186	952
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,749	100
B: Mining & quarrying	2,129	7
C: Manufacturing	2,181	973
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	7	0
F: Construction	762	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	381	94
H: Transport & storage	322	7
I: Accommodation & catering	101	38
J: Information & communication	3	2
K: Financial & insurance	17	0
L: Real estate activities.	10	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	50	1
N: Administrative & support	189	3
O: Public administration & defence	104	15
P: Education	69	161
Q: Human health & social work	27	46
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	62	206
T: Activities of households	392	1,553
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,808	207
B: Mining & quarrying	5,574	1
C: Manufacturing	4,086	1,776
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	70	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	20	0
F: Construction	1,059	0
G: Wholesale & retail trade	940	283
H: Transport & storage	1,331	13
I: Accommodation & catering	176	160
J: Information & communication	25	16
K: Financial & insurance	137	1
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	60	3
N: Administrative & support	270	40
O: Public administration & defence	175	40
P: Education	92	236
Q: Human health & social work	44	93
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	198	259
T: Activities of households	333	1,266
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,966	94
B: Mining & quarrying	4,491	11
C: Manufacturing	5,487	1,657
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	93	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	19	1
F: Construction	726	8
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,301	516
H: Transport & storage	994	103
I: Accommodation & catering	212	223
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	129	15
L: Real estate activities.	26	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	77	20
N: Administrative & support	0	1
O: Public administration & defence	679	48
P: Education	170	397
Q: Human health & social work	74	148
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	176	114
T: Activities of households	295	1,077
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,776	174
B: Mining & quarrying	3,699	36
C: Manufacturing	3,853	1,446
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	77	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	18	0
F: Construction	1,226	23
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,133	656
H: Transport & storage	877	143
I: Accommodation & catering	155	318
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	74	19
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	38	18
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	1,567	167
P: Education	229	289
Q: Human health & social work	296	338
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	187	142
T: Activities of households	132	372
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	708	82
B: Mining & quarrying	2,175	30
C: Manufacturing	6,441	1,690
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	357	21
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	48	4
F: Construction	1,605	47
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,473	789
H: Transport & storage	1,067	91
I: Accommodation & catering	215	233
J: Information & communication	108	41
K: Financial & insurance	119	54
L: Real estate activities.	28	11
M: Professional, scientific & technical	119	52
N: Administrative & support	18	15
O: Public administration & defence	557	248
P: Education	379	564
Q: Human health & social work	182	270
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	194	169
T: Activities of households	31	123
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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