Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	54,868	22,759
Self-employed
Unemployed	10,073	2,823

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	71,969	32,516
Self-employed	3,073	1,235
Unemployed	1,059	395

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	78,119	39,567
Self-employed	5,951	1,634
Unemployed	740	361

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	87,048	49,703
Self-employed
Unemployed	2,085	1,244

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	73,009	50,729
Self-employed	7,456	1,848
Unemployed	10,971	3,562

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	68,231	57,122
Self-employed	11,370	2,780
Unemployed	11,260	4,626

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	65,781	60,300
Self-employed	11,321	3,162
Unemployed	5,799	2,946

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	62,931	63,456
Self-employed	13,133	3,946
Unemployed	7,583	4,481

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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