Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,807,106	951,618
Self-employed
Unemployed	353,546	169,299

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,975,381	1,058,395
Self-employed	122,907	45,637
Unemployed	49,410	20,699

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,937,823	1,089,830
Self-employed	171,229	57,105
Unemployed	42,047	17,351

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,921,946	1,172,269
Self-employed
Unemployed	100,155	48,829

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,507,048	1,121,445
Self-employed	190,978	58,666
Unemployed	244,613	100,628

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,290,434	1,165,824
Self-employed	253,188	80,691
Unemployed	261,611	122,226

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,301,319	1,272,463
Self-employed	253,821	90,025
Unemployed	114,624	60,925

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	1,400,152	1,449,343
Self-employed	307,308	116,608
Unemployed	150,849	91,650

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

 

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Date:

Acknowledgments:

2011

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