Economically Active by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,161,432	1,121,367
Economically inactive	198,634	1,594,264

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,148,237	1,125,109
Economically inactive	294,627	1,689,162

Data for 1971	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	2,050,187	1,240,512
Economically inactive	465,263	1,566,098

Data for 1981	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,942,802	1,280,847
Economically inactive	568,708	1,481,261

Data for 1991	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,873,713	1,386,154
Economically inactive	733,550	1,449,541

Data for 2001	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,615,828	1,354,278
Economically inactive	752,946	1,116,617

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2001	Census of Population

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