Administrative unit

Whitehaven LabMkt

Urban Labour Market

Numbers Unemployed by Category

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Year Men Women Juveniles
15 Jul 1963 643 Show data context 204 Show data context 95 Show data context
14 Oct 1963 808 Show data context 200 Show data context 118 Show data context
13 Jan 1964 858 Show data context 237 Show data context 94 Show data context
13 Apr 1964 786 Show data context 243 Show data context 123 Show data context
13 Jul 1964 775 Show data context 239 Show data context 79 Show data context
12 Oct 1964 765 Show data context 234 Show data context 93 Show data context
11 Jan 1965 846 Show data context 236 Show data context 67 Show data context
12 Apr 1965 732 Show data context 215 Show data context 70 Show data context
12 Jul 1965 671 Show data context 204 Show data context 63 Show data context
11 Oct 1965 720 Show data context 209 Show data context 69 Show data context
10 Jan 1966 746 Show data context 220 Show data context 50 Show data context
10 Apr 1966 649 Show data context 224 Show data context 61 Show data context
11 Jul 1966 553 Show data context 200 Show data context 48 Show data context
Date: Source:
1963 - 1966 Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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The Ministry of Labour's Labour Gazette provided monthly statistics on the number of people unemployed in selected towns and 'districts', from 1945 onwards (although the Ministry and the Gazette changed their names periodically). Unfortunately the number of persons insured was not included in the same reports, so it is not easy to compute rates. As well as the total number unemployed, a simple breakdown was provided by age and sex, and that is presented here. The age division was into those over and unde...


r 18, and those under 18 were categorised by sex only between 1955 and 1960, so we present the full run of data here in terms of just three categories.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Whitehaven LabMkt through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Numbers Unemployed by Category, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12835670/cube/CLAIMANT_UNEM_AGESEX

Date accessed: 16th May 2024