Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	79,285	43,174
Self-employed
Unemployed	5,359	2,120

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	73,614	36,945
Self-employed	9,088	2,922
Unemployed	2,390	1,143

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	74,844	43,134
Self-employed	13,330	3,317
Unemployed	1,421	589

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	96,341	61,205
Self-employed
Unemployed	3,448	2,211

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	75,092	60,090
Self-employed	19,576	5,496
Unemployed	7,249	3,000

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	76,719	76,069
Self-employed	28,487	8,357
Unemployed	11,191	4,969

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	84,669	86,630
Self-employed	29,579	11,152
Unemployed	5,367	3,340

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	91,414	99,791
Self-employed	34,911	15,333
Unemployed	8,159	5,344

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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