Economically Active by Sex

Data for 1921	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	12,111,581	5,064,979
Economically inactive	1,801,241	10,754,790

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	13,247,333	5,606,043
Economically inactive	1,385,526	10,804,851

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	14,063,542	6,272,876
Economically inactive	2,003,541	11,726,437

Data for 1961	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	14,649,080	7,045,390
Economically inactive	2,343,220	11,660,550

Data for 1971	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	14,270,873	8,222,604
Economically inactive	3,465,879	11,208,660

Data for 1981	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	14,055,964	8,928,135
Economically inactive	4,039,176	10,720,982

Data for 1991	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	15,341,537	11,439,577
Economically inactive	5,588,129	11,502,691

Data for 2001	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	13,656,305	11,365,901
Economically inactive	4,848,265	7,736,958

Data for 2011	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	15,275,803	13,384,066
Economically inactive	5,115,588	7,351,083

Date:	Source:
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 17 , 'Occupations (Condensed list)'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Occupations of Males and Females, showing also total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'
1961 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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