Ayr Built-up Area : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 15,400 Show data context 9,226 Show data context
Unemployed 670 Show data context 388 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 14,647 Show data context 10,273 Show data context
Unemployed 2,437 Show data context 942 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 14,281 Show data context 11,617 Show data context
Unemployed 1,825 Show data context 859 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 13,748 Show data context 12,590 Show data context
Unemployed 1,333 Show data context 683 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 13,991 Show data context 13,836 Show data context
Unemployed 1,476 Show data context 880 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 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)

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition


Numbers unemployed as recorded by the Census of Population.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ayr Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Census Unemployment by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13509566/cube/CENSUS_EMPL

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026