Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	143,117
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	104,441
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	92,804
Retired.	11,637
Employers.	1,387
Managers.	3,348
Operatives.	80,739
Self-employed.	3,699
Unemployed.	3,631
I. Fishermen.	2,652
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	768
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	59
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	230
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	1,308
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	13,095
VII. Textile workers.	185
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	541
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	475
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	2,354
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	3,867
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	879
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	377
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	5,714
XV. Painters and decorators.	1,954
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	1,682
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	20,290
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	7,705
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	3,160
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	2,313
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	387
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	2,363
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	5,803
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	2,227
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	1,583
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	10,014
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	819
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	11,637
FEMALES: Total Population.	155,988
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	118,271
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	35,877
Retired.	82,394
Employers.	218
Managers.	691
Operatives.	32,905
Self-employed.	1,202
Unemployed.	861
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	75
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	1,397
VII. Textile workers.	814
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	139
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	1,254
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	1,077
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	940
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	138
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	634
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	5,731
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	2,417
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	8,276
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	6,685
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	1,980
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	3,298
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	1,022

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