Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	566,169	308,097
Self-employed
Unemployed	87,646	28,366

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	583,852	322,482
Self-employed	35,094	9,689
Unemployed	9,774	3,568

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	579,582	325,220
Self-employed	47,194	13,800
Unemployed	7,118	3,437

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	567,119	349,735
Self-employed
Unemployed	26,665	11,208

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	455,178	335,578
Self-employed	52,290	15,433
Unemployed	65,125	25,503

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	404,312	364,674
Self-employed	72,544	22,023
Unemployed	73,346	32,665

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	418,236	401,331
Self-employed	75,012	25,948
Unemployed	35,569	18,524

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	449,819	449,401
Self-employed	96,926	35,114
Unemployed	50,776	30,795

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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