Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	240,882	92,943
Self-employed
Unemployed	21,668	5,612

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	254,668	103,191
Self-employed	20,365	5,645
Unemployed	6,215	3,125

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	271,784	124,860
Self-employed	27,493	5,740
Unemployed	4,810	2,359

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	314,716	172,949
Self-employed
Unemployed	13,493	7,595

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	273,068	187,413
Self-employed	43,842	11,388
Unemployed	26,439	10,814

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	258,851	224,827
Self-employed	65,281	18,181
Unemployed	35,694	16,761

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	269,006	254,016
Self-employed	65,327	23,378
Unemployed	16,358	10,224

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	287,301	294,385
Self-employed	81,155	33,526
Unemployed	24,593	16,948

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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