Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	79,846	37,597
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,398	1,802

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	84,850	43,112
Self-employed	5,151	1,115
Unemployed	1,578	691

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	88,374	49,428
Self-employed	7,292	1,744
Unemployed	939	470

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	95,990	60,970
Self-employed
Unemployed	2,373	1,868

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	78,113	60,676
Self-employed	10,998	2,394
Unemployed	6,192	2,655

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	68,000	64,534
Self-employed	14,969	3,551
Unemployed	10,105	5,080

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	67,568	69,755
Self-employed	15,466	4,934
Unemployed	5,408	3,750

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	71,860	76,916
Self-employed	19,354	7,666
Unemployed	7,992	6,520

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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