Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	621,579	192,742
Self-employed
Unemployed	200,370	20,729

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	756,556	266,005
Self-employed	28,661	8,519
Unemployed	28,293	7,600

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	759,211	305,027
Self-employed	46,715	11,869
Unemployed	21,360	5,780

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	705,427	396,120
Self-employed
Unemployed	52,141	18,082

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	581,044	410,437
Self-employed	47,678	14,250
Unemployed	115,820	37,724

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	475,227	423,487
Self-employed	66,345	22,172
Unemployed	124,697	50,750

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	481,117	462,336
Self-employed	70,324	26,158
Unemployed	56,191	26,790

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	513,643	529,380
Self-employed	90,181	35,565
Unemployed	64,250	39,063

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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