Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	28,178	9,356
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,936	422

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	36,762	13,386
Self-employed	3,174	475
Unemployed	422	168

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	44,651	18,288
Self-employed	5,129	774
Unemployed	317	219

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	57,121	28,665
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,062	922

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	53,157	35,304
Self-employed	7,558	1,726
Unemployed	3,670	1,756

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	51,932	43,406
Self-employed	11,393	2,899
Unemployed	4,996	2,426

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	54,975	49,947
Self-employed	12,256	4,139
Unemployed	2,023	1,616

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	56,016	56,594
Self-employed	14,724	5,748
Unemployed	3,703	2,740

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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