Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	16,322	6,183
Self-employed
Unemployed	2,015	507

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	17,494	8,025
Self-employed	1,840	386
Unemployed	390	173

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	19,206	10,779
Self-employed	1,921	620
Unemployed	221	141

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	27,584	15,118
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,177	673

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	24,208	17,656
Self-employed	4,126	982
Unemployed	4,802	2,006

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	21,598	20,034
Self-employed	5,388	1,518
Unemployed	4,392	2,199

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	20,720	21,388
Self-employed	5,266	1,737
Unemployed	1,624	919

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	21,373	23,320
Self-employed	5,693	2,114
Unemployed	1,947	1,233

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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