Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	70,861	22,827
Self-employed
Unemployed	20,955	3,451

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	89,212	35,772
Self-employed	2,212	628
Unemployed	4,131	1,364

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	91,379	39,594
Self-employed	5,459	1,048
Unemployed	2,846	937

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	84,828	49,488
Self-employed
Unemployed	6,884	3,195

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	76,590	55,118
Self-employed	5,109	1,120
Unemployed	15,175	6,711

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	61,208	54,527
Self-employed	7,341	1,723
Unemployed	16,571	7,362

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	64,817	63,048
Self-employed	8,207	2,224
Unemployed	6,937	3,716

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	70,993	74,601
Self-employed	10,605	3,467
Unemployed	9,546	5,631

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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