Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	91,751	40,596
Self-employed
Unemployed	7,050	3,058

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	107,152	49,235
Self-employed	7,716	1,784
Unemployed	923	416

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	118,412	59,124
Self-employed	12,214	2,833
Unemployed	629	372

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	146,633	84,011
Self-employed
Unemployed	3,025	2,200

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	131,670	92,835
Self-employed	19,208	4,989
Unemployed	9,431	4,607

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	130,280	113,270
Self-employed	27,887	8,421
Unemployed	11,630	6,213

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	137,392	128,354
Self-employed	28,829	10,958
Unemployed	6,081	4,432

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	139,870	140,673
Self-employed	33,148	13,914
Unemployed	8,424	6,110

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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