Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	78,515	37,746
Self-employed
Unemployed	7,125	2,639

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	97,718	45,863
Self-employed	8,218	1,909
Unemployed	1,172	559

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	107,181	56,106
Self-employed	11,185	2,679
Unemployed	947	611

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	126,533	73,378
Self-employed
Unemployed	3,850	2,373

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	110,416	79,270
Self-employed	17,727	4,407
Unemployed	12,978	5,420

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	111,271	98,563
Self-employed	26,211	7,707
Unemployed	13,378	6,654

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	118,582	112,369
Self-employed	27,081	10,200
Unemployed	6,232	4,068

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	116,351	120,286
Self-employed	30,961	13,061
Unemployed	9,488	5,936

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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