Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	138,646	48,930
Self-employed
Unemployed	17,113	4,913

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	169,730	67,046
Self-employed	10,903	2,703
Unemployed	2,250	779

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	188,128	90,311
Self-employed	14,593	4,159
Unemployed	1,723	915

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	212,347	113,189
Self-employed
Unemployed	7,159	4,029

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	183,240	124,590
Self-employed	25,345	6,335
Unemployed	20,232	8,426

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	174,833	147,699
Self-employed	36,044	10,440
Unemployed	22,685	11,225

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	175,466	163,789
Self-employed	37,072	12,722
Unemployed	9,911	6,422

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	178,849	179,893
Self-employed	42,113	15,666
Unemployed	13,726	8,935

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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