Aberdeen City Council (City) : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 46,950 Show data context 24,954 Show data context
Unemployed 6,607 Show data context 1,896 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 54,695 Show data context 26,166 Show data context
Unemployed 2,327 Show data context 671 Show data context
Data for 1961 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 53,726 Show data context 29,187 Show data context
Unemployed 1,843 Show data context 439 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 53,142 Show data context 37,574 Show data context
Unemployed 2,628 Show data context 1,255 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 54,772 Show data context 42,031 Show data context
Unemployed 4,593 Show data context 2,028 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 56,955 Show data context 45,350 Show data context
Unemployed 3,476 Show data context 1,848 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 57,823 Show data context 49,043 Show data context
Unemployed 2,863 Show data context 1,561 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 65,566 Show data context 57,173 Show data context
Unemployed 3,090 Show data context 2,277 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, Aberdeen City Council (City) 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