Wolverhampton County Borough (CB/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 32,062 Show data context 14,853 Show data context
Self-employed
Unemployed 8,252 Show data context 2,146 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 51,189 Show data context 24,287 Show data context
Self-employed 2,029 Show data context 823 Show data context
Unemployed 778 Show data context 281 Show data context

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The election result data we hold includes over two hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in yo...


ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for the Isle of Wight.


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

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026