Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	137,371	46,135
Self-employed
Unemployed	11,522	3,014

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	172,546	65,383
Self-employed	14,111	2,978
Unemployed	3,335	1,399

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	236,448	103,828
Self-employed	23,931	4,331
Unemployed	2,556	1,498

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	309,441	165,908
Self-employed
Unemployed	8,369	6,002

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	280,495	190,105
Self-employed	45,527	9,311
Unemployed	23,396	9,472

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	263,561	227,411
Self-employed	68,508	15,888
Unemployed	33,412	15,898

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	276,385	258,561
Self-employed	70,930	21,276
Unemployed	13,950	9,437

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	280,136	288,744
Self-employed	82,568	29,908
Unemployed	22,118	15,956

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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