Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	9,806,092	4,664,406
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,683,742	483,064

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	12,940,412	5,926,568
Self-employed	841,856	231,188
Unemployed	281,274	115,120

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	13,182,720	6,643,470
Self-employed	1,249,140	306,520
Unemployed	217,220	95,400

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	13,699,911	7,919,239
Self-employed
Unemployed	570,962	303,365

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	11,056,844	7,949,708
Self-employed	1,582,887	410,936
Unemployed	1,416,233	567,490

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	11,039,500	9,827,168
Self-employed	2,374,679	704,674
Unemployed	1,927,358	907,735

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	10,587,284	10,059,093
Self-employed	2,274,817	839,673
Unemployed	794,204	467,135

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	11,389,592	11,483,080
Self-employed	2,809,690	1,177,971
Unemployed	1,076,521	723,015

Date:	Source:
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Occupations of Males and Females, showing also total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, 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'
1961 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

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2011

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