Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	24,204	11,463
Self-employed
Unemployed	4,327	1,044

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	30,090	13,321
Self-employed	1,178	373
Unemployed	900	330

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	28,517	12,965
Self-employed	3,086	594
Unemployed	705	304

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	30,049	16,641
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,271	756

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	24,181	17,117
Self-employed	3,395	908
Unemployed	3,879	1,557

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	22,353	19,128
Self-employed	3,833	1,377
Unemployed	3,864	2,048

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	21,261	20,998
Self-employed	4,215	1,671
Unemployed	2,350	1,226

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	21,037	22,954
Self-employed	4,618	2,053
Unemployed	2,525	1,506

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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