Economically Active by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,678,929	1,391,163
Economically inactive	256,664	2,088,750

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,649,631	1,467,428
Economically inactive	326,694	2,041,203

Data for 1971	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,302,795	1,539,546
Economically inactive	468,772	1,567,050

Data for 1981	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,975,190	1,394,315
Economically inactive	532,036	1,386,864

Data for 1991	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,028,848	1,532,055
Economically inactive	633,604	1,354,304

Data for 2001	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,858,519	1,564,861
Economically inactive	716,652	1,160,300

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2001	Census of Population

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