Moray Council : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1931 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 19,188 Show data context 6,533 Show data context
Unemployed 2,678 Show data context 767 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 23,686 Show data context 7,006 Show data context
Unemployed 888 Show data context 386 Show data context
Data for 1961 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 23,185 Show data context 7,297 Show data context
Unemployed 612 Show data context 206 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 20,653 Show data context 9,274 Show data context
Unemployed 886 Show data context 489 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 21,928 Show data context 11,035 Show data context
Unemployed 2,096 Show data context 1,022 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 22,192 Show data context 14,912 Show data context
Unemployed 1,607 Show data context 1,034 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 23,398 Show data context 17,668 Show data context
Unemployed 1,327 Show data context 898 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 25,075 Show data context 21,168 Show data context
Unemployed 1,567 Show data context 1,118 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, Moray Council through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026