Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,430,553	866,855
Self-employed
Unemployed	189,312	60,763

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,101,077	713,084
Self-employed	67,996	20,193
Unemployed	31,906	15,797

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,051,695	720,286
Self-employed	87,562	23,616
Unemployed	26,446	11,433

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	878,153	640,051
Self-employed
Unemployed	47,026	26,188

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	548,482	477,009
Self-employed	82,717	23,145
Unemployed	92,686	41,401

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	462,456	454,380
Self-employed	103,462	40,760
Unemployed	141,514	80,075

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	547,368	535,352
Self-employed	124,872	61,504
Unemployed	72,227	44,654

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	703,739	671,918
Self-employed	187,073	104,421
Unemployed	78,842	62,250

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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