Shaftesbury Town Ward : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 731 Show data context 460 Show data context
Unemployed 16 Show data context 12 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 1,155 Show data context 738 Show data context
Unemployed 83 Show data context 40 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 1,512 Show data context 1,272 Show data context
Unemployed 108 Show data context 35 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 1,732 Show data context 1,437 Show data context
Unemployed 44 Show data context 41 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 1,892 Show data context 1,733 Show data context
Unemployed 75 Show data context 75 Show data context
Data for 2021 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 2,223 Show data context 2,084 Show data context
Unemployed 115 Show data context 94 Show data context
Date Source
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 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Tables KS009b and KS009c - "Economic activity")
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Tables KS602UK and KS603UK - Economic activity)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Economic activity status" (12 way) by Sex)

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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, Shaftesbury Town 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