Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	955	361
Textiles & clothing	61,323	45,567
Wood & paper	1,443	185
Chemicals	370	10
Low tech	6,752	157
High tech.	4,237	40
Other	2,876	1,102

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,391	573
Textiles & clothing	49,063	47,364
Wood & paper	1,265	84
Chemicals	764	20
Low tech	5,980	79
High tech.	3,308	225
Other	1,536	112

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,148	727
Textiles & clothing	54,458	75,878
Wood & paper	1,849	357
Chemicals	1,073	72
Low tech	7,230	67
High tech.	5,433	63
Other	5,964	700

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,038	4,120
Textiles & clothing	79,882	118,088
Wood & paper	3,519	963
Chemicals	4,014	727
Low tech	14,911	538
High tech.	17,562	642
Other	8,288	818

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,046	4,765
Textiles & clothing	67,142	86,511
Wood & paper	3,978	1,061
Chemicals	4,487	1,063
Low tech	6,071	273
High tech.	18,622	1,261
Other	8,779	1,748

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,886	5,060
Textiles & clothing	53,908	70,293
Wood & paper	4,987	1,583
Chemicals	14,884	2,696
Low tech	8,894	1,379
High tech.	38,052	6,949
Other	10,161	3,543

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,199	2,705
Textiles & clothing	24,500	15,958
Wood & paper	6,673	1,255
Chemicals	16,514	3,604
Low tech	15,626	2,669
High tech.	52,791	11,267
Other	3,502	1,132

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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