Table 6 - Main Economic Activity by Sex of Population 15 Years and Over during Census Years 1974 - 2001
	MAIN ACTIVITY	Males				Females
		1974	1984	1992	2001	1974	1984	1992	2001
	Economically Active	1,287	1,646	2,553	3,181	678	1,119	1,890	2,744
	Employed	833	1,290	2,397	3,108	347	751	1,724	2,666
	Seeking work	454	356	156	73	331	368	166	78
	Economically Inactive	398	431	553	789	1,329	1,096	1,220	1,413
	Home Duties	26	-	16	50	893	593	642	571
	Student/Attended school	112	125	179	269	136	142	216	338
	Retired	147	216	273	276	109	217	259	301
	Sick/Disabled	113	74	70	82	191	112	82	108
	Other	-	16	15	112	-	32	21	95
	Sub-total	1,685	2,077	3,106	3,970	2,007	2,215	3,110	4,157
	Not Stated	-	28	5	45	-	28	3	25
	Total	1,685	2,105	3,111	4,015	2,007	2,243	3,113	4,182
	Percentage Distribution of Economic Activity
	MAIN ACTIVITY	Males				Females
		1974	1984	1992	2001	1974	1984	1992	2001
	Economically Active	76.4%	79.2%	82.2%	80.1%	33.8%	50.5%	60.8%	66.0%
	Employed	49.4%	62.1%	77.2%	78.3%	17.3%	33.9%	55.4%	64.1%
	Seeking work	26.9%	17.1%	5.0%	1.8%	16.5%	16.6%	5.3%	1.9%
	Economically Inactive	23.6%	20.8%	17.8%	19.9%	66.2%	49.5%	39.2%	34.0%
	Home Duties	1.5%	0.0%	0.5%	1.3%	44.5%	26.8%	20.6%	13.7%
	Student/Attended school	6.6%	6.0%	5.8%	6.8%	6.8%	6.4%	6.9%	8.1%
	Retired	8.7%	10.4%	8.8%	7.0%	5.4%	9.8%	8.3%	7.2%
	Sick/Disabled	6.7%	3.6%	2.3%	2.1%	9.5%	5.1%	2.6%	2.6%
	Other	0.0%	0.8%	0.5%	2.8%	0.0%	1.4%	0.7%	2.3%
	Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
		Both Sexes
	MAIN ACTIVITY	Persons				Percent Distribution of Activities
		1974	1984	1992	2001	1974	1984	1992	2001
	Economically Active	1,965	2,765	4,443	5,925	53.2%	64.4%	71.5%	72.9%
	Employed	1,180	2,041	4,121	5,774	32.0%	47.6%	66.3%	71.0%
	Seeking work	785	724	322	151	21.3%	16.9%	5.2%	1.9%
	Economically Inactive	1,727	1,527	1,773	2,202	46.8%	35.6%	28.5%	27.1%
	Home Duties	919	593	658	621	24.9%	13.8%	10.6%	7.6%
	Student/Attended school	248	267	395	607	6.7%	6.2%	6.4%	7.5%
	Retired	256	433	532	577	6.9%	10.1%	8.6%	7.1%
	Sick/Disabled	304	186	152	190	8.2%	4.3%	2.4%	2.3%
	Other	-	48	36	207	0.0%	1.1%	0.6%	2.5%
	Sub-total	3,692	4,292	6,216	8,127
	Not Stated	-	56	8	70
	Total	3,692	4,348	6,224	8,197	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%