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.	50,428
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	38,454
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	33,406
Retired.	5,048
Employers.	588
Managers.	1,143
Operatives.	29,728
Self-employed.	1,491
Unemployed.	456
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	528
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	14
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	220
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	111
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	4,824
VII. Textile workers.	48
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	181
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	238
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	1,371
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	1,400
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	472
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	148
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	2,082
XV. Painters and decorators.	952
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	686
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	4,349
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	3,035
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	1,577
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	2,031
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	179
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	1,134
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	2,473
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	1,090
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	397
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	3,624
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	242
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	5,048
FEMALES: Total Population.	54,943
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	43,725
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	15,912
Retired.	27,813
Employers.	106
Managers.	295
Operatives.	14,825
Self-employed.	498
Unemployed.	188
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	38
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	75
VII. Textile workers.	26
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	3
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	329
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	1,103
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	293
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	72
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	367
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	1,995
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	1,462
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	3,600
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	3,091
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	2,112
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,113
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	233

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