Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	30,928	14,194
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,514	526

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	52,115	27,385
Self-employed	2,766	561
Unemployed	781	443

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	48,852	28,007
Self-employed	4,069	773
Unemployed	350	251

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	49,625	31,591
Self-employed
Unemployed	991	758

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	41,346	32,307
Self-employed	6,163	1,220
Unemployed	2,425	988

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	36,480	34,587
Self-employed	8,836	1,942
Unemployed	4,260	2,032

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	38,726	39,293
Self-employed	9,814	2,783
Unemployed	2,002	1,301

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	39,621	43,126
Self-employed	11,834	3,985
Unemployed	3,009	2,420

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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