Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	30,106	12,956
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,896	1,493

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	37,028	15,467
Self-employed	1,245	342
Unemployed	958	340

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	36,885	16,090
Self-employed	3,564	652
Unemployed	1,156	431

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	34,675	19,309
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,805	1,025

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	26,981	19,779
Self-employed	2,921	706
Unemployed	5,509	1,977

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	22,610	20,274
Self-employed	3,909	1,204
Unemployed	6,242	2,839

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	23,009	22,281
Self-employed	4,100	1,407
Unemployed	3,020	1,777

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	24,061	25,794
Self-employed	4,551	1,831
Unemployed	3,455	2,013

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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