The ONS data for this period shows that male unemployment rates were higher for males than for females, in each of the overall age group categories. This was particularly so in the 16-24 youth category, overall male unemployment at 606 thousand, being 60% of the total for this category, and female unemployment at 410 thousand 40% of the total.

Category	Totals 1000’s	Male		Female*
Category	Totals 1000’s	1000’s	Rate %	1000’s	Rate %
All 16 - 64
Employed	27,550	15,021	75.1	12,530	68.6
Unemployed	2,587	1,522	9.2	1,065	7.8
Economically inactive	8,141	3,465	17.3	4,676	25.6
Totals	38,278	20,008		18,271
All 16 - 24
Employed	3,620	1,845	49.6	1,775	49.4
Unemployed	1,016	606	24.7	410	18.8
Economically inactive	2,675	1,269	34.1	1,405	39.1
Totals	7,311	3,720		3,591
16 - 24 in full-time education
Employed	811	326	21.7	485	31.3
Unemployed	286	157	32.6	129	21.0
Economically inactive	1,958	1,021	67.9	937	60.4
Totals	3,055	1,504		1,551
16 - 24 not in full-time education
Employed	2,809	1,519	68.6	1,290	63.3
Unemployed	730	449	22.8	281	17.9
Economically inactive	716	248	11.2	468	23.0
Totals	4,255	2,216		2,039

* Statistics for females relate to ages 16 - 59.

Sources:

ONS A03 Labour Force Survey summary, people aged 16 to 59/64

ONS A06 Educational status and Labour Market status (employment, unemployment, and inactivity) of people aged from 16 to 24