Abingdon Rural District (RD) : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 3,868 Show data context 1,243 Show data context
Self-employed
Unemployed 233 Show data context 69 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 8,002 Show data context 2,401 Show data context
Self-employed 406 Show data context 77 Show data context
Unemployed 59 Show data context 35 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, Abingdon Rural District (RD) through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10135140/cube/CENSUS_EMPL

Date accessed: 10th April 2026