Cheshire Administrative County (pre-1974) : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 256,107 Show data context 133,964 Show data context
Self-employed
Unemployed 48,734 Show data context 16,805 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 371,943 Show data context 169,093 Show data context
Self-employed 23,833 Show data context 7,447 Show data context
Unemployed 6,110 Show data context 3,063 Show data context

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Class of House. The early Irish censuses included this simple quality grading of inhabited houses, Class I being the best and class IV being one-room mud huts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cheshire Administrative County (pre-1974) through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026