Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	608,663	291,735
Self-employed
Unemployed	102,461	33,064

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	788,037	393,978
Self-employed	32,821	13,354
Unemployed	10,827	4,541

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	827,620	436,306
Self-employed	50,326	15,524
Unemployed	10,794	4,598

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	807,256	470,244
Self-employed
Unemployed	34,858	17,204

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	596,263	429,696
Self-employed	55,523	13,856
Unemployed	121,462	42,909

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	507,863	432,382
Self-employed	78,844	20,256
Unemployed	116,823	52,595

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	491,613	454,657
Self-employed	79,979	23,340
Unemployed	58,329	29,404

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	517,210	514,546
Self-employed	104,151	32,361
Unemployed	79,805	48,391

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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