Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	172	20
Textiles & clothing	1,641	435
Wood & paper	105	4
Chemicals	63	0
Low tech	624	32
High tech.	307	2
Other	135	11

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	114	30
Textiles & clothing	932	970
Wood & paper	85	37
Chemicals	30	1
Low tech	466	38
High tech.	136	0
Other	111	6

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	74	17
Textiles & clothing	393	527
Wood & paper	57	22
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	223	2
High tech.	66	0
Other	124	15

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	78	41
Textiles & clothing	258	294
Wood & paper	24	2
Chemicals	24	1
Low tech	444	1
High tech.	193	1
Other	111	5

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	72	49
Textiles & clothing	145	56
Wood & paper	131	0
Chemicals	14	0
Low tech	100	0
High tech.	91	3
Other	80	5

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	219	115
Textiles & clothing	35	47
Wood & paper	93	0
Chemicals	8	1
Low tech	78	4
High tech.	67	7
Other	31	8

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	235	72
Textiles & clothing	102	74
Wood & paper	110	5
Chemicals	82	8
Low tech	489	19
High tech.	716	52
Other	49	6

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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