Damolly Ward : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 519 Show data context 385 Show data context
Unemployed 166 Show data context 68 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 877 Show data context 685 Show data context
Unemployed 117 Show data context 42 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 1,118 Show data context 1,090 Show data context
Unemployed 170 Show data context 61 Show data context
Data for 2021 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 1,039 Show data context 966 Show data context
Unemployed 59 Show data context 46 Show data context
Date Source
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S08N Economic position: Residents aged 16 and over [100%])
2001 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Economic Activity (Working Age) (Tables KS09B and KS09C))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Tables KS602UK and KS603UK - Economic activity)
2021 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "Economic Activity" (12 way))

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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, Damolly Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026