Economically Active by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,619,865	927,618
Economically inactive	148,986	1,188,464

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,200,978	749,073
Economically inactive	148,139	854,117

Data for 1961	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	1,165,703	755,335
Economically inactive	160,620	744,304

Data for 1971	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	925,179	666,239
Economically inactive	214,430	615,670

Data for 1981	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	723,884	541,555
Economically inactive	203,134	497,204

Data for 1991	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	707,432	575,215
Economically inactive	243,002	498,940

Data for 2001	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	744,468	641,510
Economically inactive	273,927	436,330

Data for 2011	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	969,654	838,589
Economically inactive	284,084	418,163

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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