Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	125,244	44,841
Self-employed
Unemployed	19,393	3,676

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	136,153	51,504
Self-employed	11,630	3,233
Unemployed	3,128	1,172

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	129,096	59,202
Self-employed	18,153	4,326
Unemployed	2,033	953

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	132,892	73,121
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,113	2,552

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	106,398	71,876
Self-employed	19,162	5,887
Unemployed	11,304	5,611

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	101,140	85,129
Self-employed	23,885	9,068
Unemployed	12,836	6,762

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	95,050	90,763
Self-employed	24,202	10,743
Unemployed	7,808	4,348

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	102,112	103,463
Self-employed	26,595	12,639
Unemployed	7,497	4,849

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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