Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,130	122
B: Mining & quarrying	2,404	11
C: Manufacturing	44,224	28,312
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	37	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	56	12
F: Construction	7,470	20
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,189	1,211
H: Transport & storage	5,226	158
I: Accommodation & catering	1,214	816
J: Information & communication	9	0
K: Financial & insurance	88	1
L: Real estate activities.	56	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	571	0
N: Administrative & support	4,428	98
O: Public administration & defence	1,978	4
P: Education	396	153
Q: Human health & social work	399	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	553	720
T: Activities of households	1,399	12,426
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,303	870
B: Mining & quarrying	4,772	6
C: Manufacturing	69,655	51,838
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	362	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	359	170
F: Construction	12,322	29
G: Wholesale & retail trade	12,356	4,136
H: Transport & storage	15,353	929
I: Accommodation & catering	671	1,444
J: Information & communication	685	466
K: Financial & insurance	675	50
L: Real estate activities.	541	599
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,348	8
N: Administrative & support	4,799	132
O: Public administration & defence	2,030	28
P: Education	697	621
Q: Human health & social work	708	478
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,356	3,346
T: Activities of households	465	16,047
U: Extraterritorial bodies	9	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,607	392
B: Mining & quarrying	3,110	9
C: Manufacturing	91,021	55,679
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	753	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	246	194
F: Construction	19,042	26
G: Wholesale & retail trade	16,294	6,241
H: Transport & storage	23,099	1,248
I: Accommodation & catering	912	1,736
J: Information & communication	495	88
K: Financial & insurance	1,257	90
L: Real estate activities.	357	2
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,844	75
N: Administrative & support	10,696	779
O: Public administration & defence	3,638	136
P: Education	850	1,325
Q: Human health & social work	948	801
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,774	4,750
T: Activities of households	1,518	15,325
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,212	700
B: Mining & quarrying	10,955	170
C: Manufacturing	145,264	62,313
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,899	4
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,252	268
F: Construction	23,558	25
G: Wholesale & retail trade	27,077	15,007
H: Transport & storage	53,438	4,385
I: Accommodation & catering	5,216	2,710
J: Information & communication	630	306
K: Financial & insurance	3,794	324
L: Real estate activities.	432	4
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,619	265
N: Administrative & support	19,937	10,039
O: Public administration & defence	5,008	266
P: Education	1,801	3,694
Q: Human health & social work	1,535	4,123
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,924	8,910
T: Activities of households	1,087	19,110
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	2,175	318
B: Mining & quarrying	7,469	177
C: Manufacturing	157,943	61,431
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,955	163
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	708	607
F: Construction	23,917	993
G: Wholesale & retail trade	56,273	40,153
H: Transport & storage	47,547	4,098
I: Accommodation & catering	6,926	7,205
J: Information & communication	565	219
K: Financial & insurance	5,551	2,257
L: Real estate activities.	933	375
M: Professional, scientific & technical	4,088	2,363
N: Administrative & support	45	30
O: Public administration & defence	17,505	2,351
P: Education	2,949	6,845
Q: Human health & social work	3,255	7,249
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	8,720	6,835
T: Activities of households	815	18,923
U: Extraterritorial bodies	26	22

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	832	182
B: Mining & quarrying	1,291	222
C: Manufacturing	144,179	67,107
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	5,537	559
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	633	24
F: Construction	29,638	1,957
G: Wholesale & retail trade	45,640	41,289
H: Transport & storage	45,327	9,003
I: Accommodation & catering	5,865	10,838
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	6,632	3,967
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5,683	4,148
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	17,975	4,379
P: Education	4,741	8,235
Q: Human health & social work	5,200	12,482
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	8,638	7,734
T: Activities of households	219	3,895
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	337	62
B: Mining & quarrying	279	40
C: Manufacturing	85,722	38,811
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,012	1,266
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	468	39
F: Construction	28,876	2,397
G: Wholesale & retail trade	33,953	39,272
H: Transport & storage	34,300	7,430
I: Accommodation & catering	4,114	7,161
J: Information & communication	5,117	5,363
K: Financial & insurance	7,078	8,486
L: Real estate activities.	721	739
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,883	4,904
N: Administrative & support	1,131	1,693
O: Public administration & defence	15,542	9,069
P: Education	8,971	17,540
Q: Human health & social work	5,661	19,233
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,445	5,075
T: Activities of households	31	1,169
U: Extraterritorial bodies	88	68

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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