Census Unemployment by Sex
| Data for 1971 | Sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Census Unemployment | Male | Female |
| In employment |
1,590
|
865
|
| Unemployed |
25
|
13
|
| Data for 1981 | Sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Census Unemployment | Male | Female |
| In employment |
1,667
|
1,028
|
| Unemployed |
83
|
45
|
| Data for 1991 | Sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Census Unemployment | Male | Female |
| In employment |
1,631
|
1,281
|
| Unemployed |
110
|
41
|
| Data for 2001 | Sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Census Unemployment | Male | Female |
| In employment |
1,846
|
1,527
|
| Unemployed |
58
|
27
|
| Data for 2011 | Sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Census Unemployment | Male | Female |
| In employment |
1,979
|
1,766
|
| Unemployed |
79
|
56
|
| Data for 2021 | Sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Census Unemployment | Male | Female |
| In employment |
2,361
|
2,317
|
| Unemployed |
102
|
90
|
| 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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The Ministry of Labour's Labour Gazette provided monthly statistics on the number of people unemployed in selected towns and 'districts', from 1945 onwards (although the Ministry and the Gazette changed their names periodically). Unfortunately the number of persons insured was not included in the same reports, so it is not easy to compute rates. As well as the total number unemployed, a simple breakdown was provided by age and sex, and that is presented here. The age division was into those over and unde...
r 18, and those under 18 were categorised by sex only between 1955 and 1960, so we present the full run of data here in terms of just three categories.