Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,544	75
B: Mining & quarrying	5	0
C: Manufacturing	2,202	2,486
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	3	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	0
F: Construction	813	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	680	83
H: Transport & storage	164	3
I: Accommodation & catering	177	65
J: Information & communication	2	0
K: Financial & insurance	5	1
L: Real estate activities.	9	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	52	1
N: Administrative & support	351	9
O: Public administration & defence	75	2
P: Education	51	83
Q: Human health & social work	68	67
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	121	110
T: Activities of households	519	1,663
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	5,501	601
B: Mining & quarrying	18	0
C: Manufacturing	2,287	4,766
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	12	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	8	0
F: Construction	848	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	553	208
H: Transport & storage	203	13
I: Accommodation & catering	185	178
J: Information & communication	11	0
K: Financial & insurance	6	0
L: Real estate activities.	70	88
M: Professional, scientific & technical	66	0
N: Administrative & support	65	2
O: Public administration & defence	137	8
P: Education	57	176
Q: Human health & social work	39	59
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	136	353
T: Activities of households	192	1,276
U: Extraterritorial bodies	5	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,347	52
B: Mining & quarrying	22	0
C: Manufacturing	2,235	4,162
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	19	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	5	0
F: Construction	1,185	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	674	161
H: Transport & storage	485	7
I: Accommodation & catering	153	82
J: Information & communication	33	6
K: Financial & insurance	37	0
L: Real estate activities.	21	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	96	1
N: Administrative & support	179	5
O: Public administration & defence	607	26
P: Education	118	292
Q: Human health & social work	52	102
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	133	523
T: Activities of households	370	2,447
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	4,398	103
B: Mining & quarrying	140	0
C: Manufacturing	6,758	6,346
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	135	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	29	0
F: Construction	1,946	2
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,054	726
H: Transport & storage	1,771	27
I: Accommodation & catering	299	396
J: Information & communication	54	47
K: Financial & insurance	164	5
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	137	12
N: Administrative & support	429	152
O: Public administration & defence	486	75
P: Education	150	446
Q: Human health & social work	100	252
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	407	964
T: Activities of households	601	3,150
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,176	79
B: Mining & quarrying	81	1
C: Manufacturing	7,059	1,979
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	369	16
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	49	1
F: Construction	1,566	17
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,926	1,325
H: Transport & storage	1,656	96
I: Accommodation & catering	263	416
J: Information & communication	12	4
K: Financial & insurance	336	61
L: Real estate activities.	91	17
M: Professional, scientific & technical	222	67
N: Administrative & support	1	7
O: Public administration & defence	1,356	69
P: Education	204	527
Q: Human health & social work	221	439
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	443	543
T: Activities of households	678	2,913
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,113	243
B: Mining & quarrying	44	2
C: Manufacturing	11,173	3,821
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	926	129
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	44	0
F: Construction	3,025	47
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,191	2,239
H: Transport & storage	2,031	408
I: Accommodation & catering	450	1,132
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	398	225
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	262	149
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	5,281	617
P: Education	410	728
Q: Human health & social work	355	801
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	646	543
T: Activities of households	176	829
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,219	138
B: Mining & quarrying	38	1
C: Manufacturing	14,958	4,744
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	804	205
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	116	10
F: Construction	3,237	264
G: Wholesale & retail trade	4,581	4,087
H: Transport & storage	2,677	799
I: Accommodation & catering	661	675
J: Information & communication	936	422
K: Financial & insurance	621	750
L: Real estate activities.	112	50
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,468	437
N: Administrative & support	173	211
O: Public administration & defence	3,205	1,684
P: Education	1,305	2,476
Q: Human health & social work	562	1,595
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	606	675
T: Activities of households	65	285
U: Extraterritorial bodies	409	7

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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