Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	115,836	63,876
Self-employed
Unemployed	13,371	4,693

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	94,693	58,936
Self-employed	5,212	1,283
Unemployed	2,487	1,224

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	101,635	68,009
Self-employed	6,838	1,734
Unemployed	2,707	990

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	86,115	62,333
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,288	2,522

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	54,979	48,564
Self-employed	7,083	1,850
Unemployed	10,010	4,635

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	45,546	46,667
Self-employed	9,146	3,632
Unemployed	14,972	8,945

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	57,549	57,086
Self-employed	11,704	5,887
Unemployed	7,673	4,686

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	70,867	71,240
Self-employed	17,361	9,467
Unemployed	7,955	6,300

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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