Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	75,082	22,331
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,046	1,219

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	106,651	28,456
Self-employed	6,126	1,123
Unemployed	811	502

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	92,396	34,778
Self-employed	10,507	1,730
Unemployed	659	628

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	102,013	51,245
Self-employed
Unemployed	2,065	1,635

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	85,771	56,012
Self-employed	14,980	3,560
Unemployed	6,266	2,950

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	88,479	73,574
Self-employed	21,490	6,684
Unemployed	8,081	4,305

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	99,102	86,764
Self-employed	22,212	9,676
Unemployed	3,285	2,826

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	104,235	98,456
Self-employed	25,041	13,061
Unemployed	5,580	4,419

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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