Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	208,594	126,284
Self-employed
Unemployed	42,810	16,413

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	203,424	125,994
Self-employed	11,374	4,600
Unemployed	5,021	2,276

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	187,711	116,792
Self-employed	13,680	5,331
Unemployed	4,474	1,772

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	141,112	94,510
Self-employed
Unemployed	11,396	4,134

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	90,140	72,534
Self-employed	9,029	2,355
Unemployed	22,459	7,963

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	63,056	59,634
Self-employed	10,890	2,941
Unemployed	24,372	10,527

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	66,884	64,795
Self-employed	9,968	3,166
Unemployed	9,653	4,663

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	100,952	96,764
Self-employed	17,288	6,340
Unemployed	13,408	8,472

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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