Vision of Ireland | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	46,406
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	34,485
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	29,774
Retired.	4,711
Employers.	801
Managers.	1,929
Operatives.	24,496
Self-employed.	1,673
Unemployed.	875
I. Fishermen.	16
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	418
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	19
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	102
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	171
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	4,117
VII. Textile workers.	35
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	148
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	183
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	436
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	934
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	288
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	117
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	1,720
XV. Painters and decorators.	767
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	1,156
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	4,555
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	3,893
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	1,753
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	819
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	303
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,081
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	3,315
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	680
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	491
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,903
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	354
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	4,711
FEMALES: Total Population.	54,963
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	43,651
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	13,124
Retired.	30,527
Employers.	158
Managers.	407
Operatives.	11,457
Self-employed.	609
Unemployed.	493
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	56
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	54
VII. Textile workers.	92
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	11
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	403
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	224
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	96
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	113
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	339
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	2,588
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,323
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	3,121
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	3,983
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	197
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	257
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	267

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