North Ayrshire Council : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 23,411 Show data context 10,275 Show data context
Unemployed 4,188 Show data context 1,061 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 30,021 Show data context 12,918 Show data context
Unemployed 838 Show data context 363 Show data context
Data for 1961 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 32,688 Show data context 14,166 Show data context
Unemployed 900 Show data context 375 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 32,262 Show data context 17,274 Show data context
Unemployed 2,034 Show data context 1,013 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 30,374 Show data context 19,663 Show data context
Unemployed 7,187 Show data context 3,044 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 30,545 Show data context 24,098 Show data context
Unemployed 5,457 Show data context 2,360 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 29,173 Show data context 26,548 Show data context
Unemployed 3,568 Show data context 2,130 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 29,877 Show data context 29,870 Show data context
Unemployed 4,304 Show data context 2,660 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, North Ayrshire Council 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