Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	115,623	49,604
Self-employed
Unemployed	7,733	1,951

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	168,413	77,658
Self-employed	9,913	2,169
Unemployed	1,895	948

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	229,983	115,513
Self-employed	18,079	3,603
Unemployed	1,778	1,037

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	274,207	160,269
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,476	4,416

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	241,698	173,228
Self-employed	33,655	7,055
Unemployed	17,347	7,229

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	221,934	194,040
Self-employed	49,595	12,380
Unemployed	23,715	11,981

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	230,227	216,658
Self-employed	54,937	18,534
Unemployed	9,397	6,508

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	236,494	240,349
Self-employed	65,649	27,645
Unemployed	16,217	12,084

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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