Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	17,317	6,608
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,073	305

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	19,333	8,224
Self-employed	1,486	290
Unemployed	232	106

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	23,100	11,421
Self-employed	1,920	370
Unemployed	166	104

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	30,617	16,791
Self-employed
Unemployed	462	449

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	26,968	18,415
Self-employed	4,466	970
Unemployed	1,412	663

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	27,137	23,283
Self-employed	6,792	1,743
Unemployed	2,317	1,265

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	29,687	27,829
Self-employed	7,562	2,617
Unemployed	855	650

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	29,921	30,343
Self-employed	8,659	3,662
Unemployed	1,648	1,201

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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