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.	41,480
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	32,606
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	29,021
Retired.	3,585
Employers.	623
Managers.	1,193
Operatives.	25,237
Self-employed.	1,535
Unemployed.	433
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	350
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	34
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	80
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	123
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	5,074
VII. Textile workers.	4,399
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	473
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	75
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	322
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	875
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	371
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	227
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	1,273
XV. Painters and decorators.	538
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	870
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,820
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	2,336
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	1,152
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	485
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	120
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	852
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	1,343
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	1,081
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	372
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	4,180
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	196
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	3,585
FEMALES: Total Population.	46,949
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	38,456
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	19,744
Retired.	18,712
Employers.	97
Managers.	279
Operatives.	18,467
Self-employed.	656
Unemployed.	245
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	36
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	364
VII. Textile workers.	8,406
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	120
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	451
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	209
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	347
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	79
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	178
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	1,735
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	928
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	2,813
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	1,903
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	200
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,730
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	245

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