Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Arrondissement of Lens (627)

Detailed figures

Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 237 168 233 793 229 567
Labor force in % 63,9 66,6 68,0
 including people in work in % 52,1 52,8 54,3
 including unemployed workers in % 11,8 13,8 13,7
Economically inactive people in % 36,1 33,4 32,0
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,8 9,6 9,7
 including retirees in % 8,5 8,5 7,1
 including other economically inactive people in % 16,8 15,4 15,2
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019
Population Labor force Activity rate in % People in work Employment rate in %
Altogether 229 567 156 097 68,0 124 727 54,3
 15 to 24 years old 44 777 19 232 42,9 11 483 25,6
 25 to 54 years old 138 288 116 607 84,3 96 138 69,5
 55 to 64 years old 46 502 20 258 43,6 17 107 36,8
Male 113 218 84 582 74,7 67 795 59,9
 15 to 24 years old 22 772 10 615 46,6 6 323 27,8
 25 to 54 years old 68 425 63 302 92,5 52 594 76,9
 55 to 64 years old 22 021 10 665 48,4 8 879 40,3
Female 116 349 71 515 61,5 56 932 48,9
 15 to 24 years old 22 005 8 617 39,2 5 160 23,4
 25 to 54 years old 69 864 53 305 76,3 43 544 62,3
 55 to 64 years old 24 480 9 593 39,2 8 228 33,6
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 54,3
Unemployed workers 13,7
Retirees 7,1
Pupils, students or interns 9,7
Other economically inactive people 15,2
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 including people in work 2013 including people in work 2019 including people in work
Altogether 151 623 123 791 155 936 123 720 155 720 124 235
including
 Farmer operators 300 295 236 225 177 177
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 5 058 4 596 5 901 5 145 5 700 5 091
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 9 597 9 302 10 246 9 934 11 126 10 658
 Middle-level occupations 32 153 29 567 33 681 30 227 34 584 31 072
 Services employee 47 007 39 025 49 819 40 124 49 513 40 076
 Blue-collar workers 52 987 41 005 50 971 38 065 49 744 37 160
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 28 023 32 238 31 370
Unemployment rate in % 18,5 20,7 20,1
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 39,4 44,1 40,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 15,2 17,4 17,6
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 11,2 14,4 15,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019
Unemployment rate in %
No diploma or primary education certificate 34,7
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 26,7
CAP, BEP or equivalent 23,7
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,4
2 years at university 10,1
3 to 4 years at university 7,6
5 years and over at university 7,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 110 953 111 585 112 337
People in work living in the area 124 146 124 171 125 685
Employment concentration indicator 89,4 89,9 89,4
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 51,8 53,8 53,5
  • The employment concentration indicator is equal to the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in work living in the area.
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 110 953 100,0 111 585 100,0 112 337 100,0
Employee 102 798 92,7 102 560 91,9 103 332 92,0
 including women 48 855 44,0 49 729 44,6 50 948 45,4
 including part-time workers 20 428 18,4 20 075 18,0 19 806 17,6
Non-employee 8 154 7,3 9 025 8,1 9 005 8,0
 including women 2 953 2,7 3 324 3,0 3 494 3,1
 including part-time workers 764 0,7 1 025 0,9 1 167 1,0
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 112 058 100,0
Farmer operators 225 0,2
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5 140 4,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 12 298 11,0
Middle-level occupations 29 030 25,9
Services employee 35 888 32,0
Blue-collar workers 29 477 26,3
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 0,3 0,2 0,2
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,3 4,8 4,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 10,1 10,4 11,0
Middle-level occupations 24,6 25,0 25,9
Services employee 31,5 31,8 32,0
Blue-collar workers 29,2 27,8 26,3
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 111 751 100,0 111 964 100,0 112 058 100,0 48,5 92,7
Agriculture 522 0,5 361 0,3 332 0,3 25,3 47,1
Industry 14 178 12,7 12 006 10,7 10 884 9,7 23,4 95,8
Construction 9 625 8,6 9 761 8,7 8 513 7,6 9,3 88,4
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 47 727 42,7 49 519 44,2 50 341 44,9 43,8 91,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 39 699 35,5 40 316 36,0 41 988 37,5 68,7 94,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 30,3 20,8
Industry 23,2 28,1
Construction 10,0 4,2
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 44,2 40,2
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,6 53,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.