Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	871,669	352,152
Self-employed
Unemployed	85,224	20,357

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	983,188	378,238
Self-employed	92,300	21,666
Unemployed	19,264	8,669

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	969,879	435,707
Self-employed	143,485	29,250
Unemployed	14,349	7,164

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,104,321	597,340
Self-employed
Unemployed	41,101	23,609

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	911,563	633,158
Self-employed	184,959	48,925
Unemployed	97,530	43,446

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	892,256	803,542
Self-employed	257,904	80,921
Unemployed	132,682	61,610

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	992,700	946,340
Self-employed	253,492	102,941
Unemployed	55,023	35,781

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,067,541	1,083,802
Self-employed	295,489	137,747
Unemployed	74,829	51,379

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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