Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	137,057	25,025
Self-employed
Unemployed	35,211	2,108

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	154,018	42,023
Self-employed	6,010	1,464
Unemployed	4,640	1,152

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	151,402	53,788
Self-employed	8,306	2,143
Unemployed	3,915	926

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	136,255	73,860
Self-employed
Unemployed	8,845	2,791

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	111,640	77,852
Self-employed	9,836	3,200
Unemployed	20,755	6,704

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	94,432	82,869
Self-employed	13,473	4,816
Unemployed	21,608	8,869

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	95,780	89,317
Self-employed	13,917	5,579
Unemployed	8,840	4,731

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	101,516	103,263
Self-employed	18,013	7,296
Unemployed	10,397	6,616

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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