Standard Industrial Classification (2007), by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	9,558	971
B: Mining & quarrying	10,889	33
C: Manufacturing	8,902	906
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4	7
F: Construction	3,036	3
G: Wholesale & retail trade	1,407	217
H: Transport & storage	1,496	8
I: Accommodation & catering	433	172
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	11	0
L: Real estate activities.	46	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	175	4
N: Administrative & support	690	6
O: Public administration & defence	228	8
P: Education	255	159
Q: Human health & social work	168	35
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	210	127
T: Activities of households	1,661	6,126
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,142	3,195
B: Mining & quarrying	21,083	0
C: Manufacturing	13,571	3,178
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	40	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	37	7
F: Construction	4,788	4
G: Wholesale & retail trade	2,406	784
H: Transport & storage	2,517	70
I: Accommodation & catering	608	753
J: Information & communication	42	7
K: Financial & insurance	33	2
L: Real estate activities.	291	328
M: Professional, scientific & technical	260	0
N: Administrative & support	210	13
O: Public administration & defence	374	19
P: Education	285	364
Q: Human health & social work	158	69
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	346	556
T: Activities of households	328	3,673
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,625	751
B: Mining & quarrying	43,596	133
C: Manufacturing	16,352	4,092
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	132	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	27	3
F: Construction	5,329	12
G: Wholesale & retail trade	3,329	609
H: Transport & storage	2,995	23
I: Accommodation & catering	713	276
J: Information & communication	79	10
K: Financial & insurance	147	3
L: Real estate activities.	66	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	463	1
N: Administrative & support	725	33
O: Public administration & defence	709	50
P: Education	581	844
Q: Human health & social work	203	136
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	427	630
T: Activities of households	767	9,531
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	8,228	1,375
B: Mining & quarrying	82,468	20
C: Manufacturing	31,627	4,652
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	486	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	116	0
F: Construction	8,398	5
G: Wholesale & retail trade	7,258	2,427
H: Transport & storage	9,136	76
I: Accommodation & catering	1,273	1,073
J: Information & communication	206	139
K: Financial & insurance	889	12
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	409	9
N: Administrative & support	1,695	352
O: Public administration & defence	1,285	359
P: Education	897	1,821
Q: Human health & social work	416	556
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,414	1,587
T: Activities of households	1,340	9,660
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	6,938	751
B: Mining & quarrying	79,616	182
C: Manufacturing	13,487	2,247
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	665	24
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,090	7
F: Construction	3,203	38
G: Wholesale & retail trade	10,215	5,275
H: Transport & storage	7,559	646
I: Accommodation & catering	1,337	1,463
J: Information & communication	23	7
K: Financial & insurance	1,014	173
L: Real estate activities.	155	30
M: Professional, scientific & technical	454	130
N: Administrative & support	2	4
O: Public administration & defence	6,080	434
P: Education	1,532	2,905
Q: Human health & social work	768	1,276
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,781	999
T: Activities of households	1,039	8,407
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	7,409	866
B: Mining & quarrying	77,458	505
C: Manufacturing	23,432	9,978
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	921	71
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	469	9
F: Construction	9,447	122
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,758	7,954
H: Transport & storage	7,831	1,255
I: Accommodation & catering	1,432	4,422
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	1,220	346
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	417	220
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	10,541	1,410
P: Education	1,971	3,326
Q: Human health & social work	1,668	3,542
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,214	1,563
T: Activities of households	270	2,283
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	3,170	289
B: Mining & quarrying	20,055	258
C: Manufacturing	42,646	9,361
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	1,229	67
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	257	22
F: Construction	13,785	276
G: Wholesale & retail trade	9,616	5,262
H: Transport & storage	7,866	539
I: Accommodation & catering	1,427	1,918
J: Information & communication	368	136
K: Financial & insurance	1,294	854
L: Real estate activities.	184	48
M: Professional, scientific & technical	568	226
N: Administrative & support	157	102
O: Public administration & defence	7,568	2,714
P: Education	3,954	4,291
Q: Human health & social work	1,700	2,357
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	1,276	1,123
T: Activities of households	98	492
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

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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