Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	119,473	46,959
Self-employed
Unemployed	11,058	2,892

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	130,844	47,249
Self-employed	15,389	3,460
Unemployed	2,703	1,152

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	120,163	53,018
Self-employed	16,596	3,451
Unemployed	1,691	856

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	133,891	69,379
Self-employed
Unemployed	4,522	2,820

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	107,687	72,752
Self-employed	26,935	7,294
Unemployed	9,547	4,411

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	108,903	94,628
Self-employed	34,483	11,950
Unemployed	10,822	5,834

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	115,486	109,587
Self-employed	35,061	15,077
Unemployed	5,709	4,018

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	121,491	122,586
Self-employed	38,485	18,264
Unemployed	7,979	5,295

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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