Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	88,969	37,242
Self-employed
Unemployed	11,282	2,442

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	116,130	45,881
Self-employed	8,487	2,024
Unemployed	1,992	947

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	120,401	56,922
Self-employed	13,238	2,446
Unemployed	1,546	606

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	131,225	72,299
Self-employed
Unemployed	4,346	2,518

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	115,005	80,378
Self-employed	18,392	4,714
Unemployed	10,315	4,494

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	112,134	98,299
Self-employed	26,521	8,276
Unemployed	13,155	6,219

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	120,762	113,406
Self-employed	28,194	11,568
Unemployed	6,311	4,103

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	126,803	126,739
Self-employed	32,954	15,905
Unemployed	8,531	5,701

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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