Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,151	52
Textiles & clothing	7,384	4,775
Wood & paper	873	39
Chemicals	48	0
Low tech	1,635	33
High tech.	878	9
Other	507	91

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,589	136
Textiles & clothing	5,197	7,209
Wood & paper	943	62
Chemicals	162	11
Low tech	1,771	27
High tech.	682	5
Other	487	77

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,405	165
Textiles & clothing	3,439	5,735
Wood & paper	643	55
Chemicals	171	11
Low tech	1,735	28
High tech.	988	10
Other	1,172	195

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,462	763
Textiles & clothing	2,777	4,823
Wood & paper	653	43
Chemicals	912	138
Low tech	2,257	64
High tech.	2,914	21
Other	1,493	183

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,449	979
Textiles & clothing	2,129	2,275
Wood & paper	866	35
Chemicals	1,549	498
Low tech	799	13
High tech.	3,593	268
Other	985	190

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,369	1,998
Textiles & clothing	1,635	1,704
Wood & paper	743	46
Chemicals	2,645	812
Low tech	684	58
High tech.	7,625	1,685
Other	1,191	531

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,293	1,659
Textiles & clothing	1,089	508
Wood & paper	1,180	98
Chemicals	3,973	687
Low tech	2,030	150
High tech.	17,088	1,886
Other	967	232

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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