South Lanarkshire Council : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 50,641 Show data context 18,957 Show data context
Unemployed 13,728 Show data context 2,602 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 63,934 Show data context 27,341 Show data context
Unemployed 3,078 Show data context 953 Show data context
Data for 1961 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 73,170 Show data context 33,099 Show data context
Unemployed 2,047 Show data context 716 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 77,839 Show data context 46,724 Show data context
Unemployed 4,951 Show data context 2,388 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 74,799 Show data context 50,909 Show data context
Unemployed 13,313 Show data context 7,095 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 70,812 Show data context 57,755 Show data context
Unemployed 10,738 Show data context 4,766 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 71,211 Show data context 64,221 Show data context
Unemployed 5,383 Show data context 3,097 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 77,591 Show data context 74,905 Show data context
Unemployed 7,566 Show data context 4,365 Show data context
Date Source
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 2 , 'Occupations of Males and of Females in Cities, Counties, and Large Burghs, showing also the Total "Operatives" and the Total "Out of Work"'
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupied Population classified according to 11 terminal educational ages, (a) Scotland by 9 age sections and (b) Administrative, etc. Areas by All Ages', for ''
1961 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of S1961OCC2_M1 does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS05: "Economically Active (EA) residents: All residents aged 15 or over")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS09: "Employment Status: All Economically Active (EA) residents: Residents aged 16 and over")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S08 Economic position: Residents aged 16 and over [100%])
2001 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Tables KS09b and KS09c - "Economic activity")
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Tables KS602UK and KS603UK - Economic activity)

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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.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Lanarkshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026