Bridgwater Municipal Borough (MB) : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 4,680 Show data context 2,233 Show data context
Self-employed
Unemployed 832 Show data context 197 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 6,431 Show data context 2,977 Show data context
Self-employed 370 Show data context 99 Show data context
Unemployed 126 Show data context 57 Show data context

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bridgwater Municipal Borough (MB) through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10074058/cube/CENSUS_EMPL

Date accessed: 09th April 2026