Vision of Ireland | 1951 Census: Occupations

1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupation Tables (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920), Table 21 : " Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis for Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT".

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Occupation	Persons [1]
MALES: Total Population.	106,821
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	81,664
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	72,467
Retired.	9,197
Employers.	1,068
Managers.	3,724
Operatives.	63,489
Self-employed.	2,997
Unemployed.	1,189
I. Fishermen.	0
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	389
III. Mining and quarring occupations.	2
IV. Workers in ceramics, glass, cement, etc.	295
V. Coal gas, etc. makers, workers in chemicals.	387
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	10,655
VII. Textile workers.	34
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	440
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	526
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	708
XI. Workers wood, cane and cork.	2,255
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	2,071
XIII. Makers of products (n.e.s.).	380
XIV. Workers in building and contracting.	4,985
XV. Painters and decorators.	2,450
XVI. Administrators, directors, managers (n.e.s.).	2,699
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	10,080
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc. (exc. Clerical).	7,619
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. Clerical).	4,381
XX. Persons employed in defence services.	2,033
XXI. Persons engaged in entertainments and sport.	442
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	2,521
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	9,551
XXIV. Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	2,268
XXV. Stationary engine drivers, stokers, etc.	814
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	3,724
XXVII. Other and undefined workers.	758
XXVIII. Retired and not gainfully occupied.	9,197
FEMALES: Total Population.	120,755
Total Occupied Population aged 15 and over.	96,601
Total occupied (orders I-XXVII).	36,866
Retired.	59,735
Employers.	141
Managers.	777
Operatives.	34,700
Self-employed.	646
Unemployed.	602
II. Agricultural, etc. occupations.	27
VI. Workers in metal manufacture, engineering.	712
VII. Textile workers.	94
VIII. Leather workers, fur dressers.	104
IX. Makers of textile goods and articles of dress.	2,010
X. Makers of foods, drinks and tobacco.	337
XII. Makers of, workers in, paper; printers.	531
XVI. Administrators, directors, mangeresses.	414
XVII. Persons employed in transport, etc.	1,336
XVIII. Commercial, finance, etc.(exc. Clerical).	4,182
XIX. Professional and technical (exc. clerical).	2,922
XXII. Persons engaged in personal service.	7,801
XXIII. Clerks, typists, etc.	13,183
XXIV. Warehousewomen, storekeepers, packers, etc.	965
XXVI. Workers in unskilled occupations (n.e.s.).	1,509
I,III-V,XI,XIII-XV,XX,XXI,XXV,XXVII Others.	739

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