Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	62,152	22,070
Self-employed
Unemployed	3,549	847

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	80,219	31,695
Self-employed	6,242	1,298
Unemployed	1,047	530

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	99,923	44,655
Self-employed	10,334	2,481
Unemployed	618	382

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	126,331	67,759
Self-employed
Unemployed	2,433	2,038

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	107,881	74,762
Self-employed	18,698	4,420
Unemployed	6,533	2,911

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	103,246	88,478
Self-employed	25,909	7,572
Unemployed	9,673	5,074

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	105,771	97,810
Self-employed	27,449	11,205
Unemployed	4,112	2,788

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	105,330	104,589
Self-employed	32,062	15,013
Unemployed	6,416	4,471

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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