Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	181,663	56,913
Self-employed
Unemployed	21,233	6,046

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	197,065	71,566
Self-employed	11,468	2,949
Unemployed	2,518	813

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	201,433	83,050
Self-employed	16,872	4,195
Unemployed	1,794	715

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	196,547	103,702
Self-employed
Unemployed	7,501	3,166

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	166,991	109,432
Self-employed	21,500	6,242
Unemployed	15,368	5,977

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	151,533	128,645
Self-employed	30,640	9,800
Unemployed	21,695	9,644

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	154,967	143,944
Self-employed	31,440	11,848
Unemployed	10,695	6,324

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	160,450	161,625
Self-employed	37,358	15,414
Unemployed	13,541	8,665

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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