Bristol Built-up Area : Census Unemployment by Sex

Census Unemployment by Sex

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Data for 1971 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 94,665 Show data context 58,213 Show data context
Unemployed 4,676 Show data context 2,022 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 83,038 Show data context 58,801 Show data context
Unemployed 12,405 Show data context 4,406 Show data context
Data for 1991 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 77,939 Show data context 63,781 Show data context
Unemployed 11,677 Show data context 5,067 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 85,054 Show data context 74,343 Show data context
Unemployed 5,045 Show data context 2,829 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 101,060 Show data context 90,250 Show data context
Unemployed 7,704 Show data context 4,732 Show data context
Data for 2021 Sex
Census Unemployment Male Female
In employment 111,338 Show data context 103,650 Show data context
Unemployed 7,029 Show data context 5,771 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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The election result data we hold includes over two hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in yo...


ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for the Isle of Wight.


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

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Date accessed: 28th July 2026