Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	93,425	69,679
Self-employed
Unemployed	12,065	4,524

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	73,999	58,478
Self-employed	6,209	2,493
Unemployed	2,995	1,855

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	69,885	57,434
Self-employed	8,008	2,740
Unemployed	2,086	1,077

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	59,144	49,769
Self-employed
Unemployed	3,177	2,003

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	35,258	34,515
Self-employed	7,829	2,993
Unemployed	6,009	3,033

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	30,994	31,949
Self-employed	9,367	4,833
Unemployed	8,139	4,951

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	37,479	37,571
Self-employed	11,057	6,780
Unemployed	4,668	2,995

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	44,231	43,107
Self-employed	14,206	9,098
Unemployed	4,249	3,506

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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