Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Municipality of Dunkerque (59183)

Detailed figures

Paru le :12/09/2022

This municipality has experienced contour changes since 2010:

  • 09/12/2010 – Dunkerque fusionne avec Fort-Mardyck (59248), Mardyck (59380) et Saint-Pol-sur-Mer (59540) (fusion association).

In the case of a merger, when the geography of the source indicated under the table / graph is after the date of the merger, the data correspond to those of the new municipality.

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 61 934 58 239 53 776
Labor force in % 66,5 67,8 70,3
 including people in work in % 54,8 54,3 55,0
 including unemployed workers in % 11,6 13,5 15,3
Economically inactive people in % 33,5 32,2 29,7
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,8 10,1 9,8
 including retirees in % 9,5 9,9 7,9
 including other economically inactive people in % 13,3 12,2 12,0
  • 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 53 776 37 815 70,3 29 584 55,0
 15 to 24 years old 10 479 4 697 44,8 2 849 27,2
 25 to 54 years old 31 725 27 517 86,7 22 079 69,6
 55 to 64 years old 11 572 5 601 48,4 4 656 40,2
Male 26 578 19 688 74,1 15 501 58,3
 15 to 24 years old 5 546 2 539 45,8 1 521 27,4
 25 to 54 years old 15 751 14 500 92,1 11 796 74,9
 55 to 64 years old 5 281 2 650 50,2 2 185 41,4
Female 27 198 18 127 66,6 14 083 51,8
 15 to 24 years old 4 932 2 158 43,8 1 328 26,9
 25 to 54 years old 15 974 13 017 81,5 10 284 64,4
 55 to 64 years old 6 292 2 952 46,9 2 471 39,3
  • 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 55,0
Unemployed workers 15,3
Retirees 7,9
Pupils, students or interns 9,8
Other economically inactive people 12,0
  • 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 41 181 33 912 39 492 31 614 37 838 29 562
including
 Farmer operators 39 39 33 28 29 29
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 1 593 1 450 1 448 1 239 1 443 1 316
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 4 349 4 228 4 000 3 805 4 128 3 871
 Middle-level occupations 9 790 9 014 9 313 8 402 8 928 8 017
 Services employee 12 319 9 757 12 466 9 743 11 812 8 765
 Blue-collar workers 12 189 9 424 11 181 8 397 10 369 7 565
  • 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 7 213 7 868 8 231
Unemployment rate in % 17,5 19,9 21,8
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 34,0 38,4 39,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 15,5 17,4 19,8
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 9,3 14,3 16,9
  • 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 36,7
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 34,2
CAP, BEP or equivalent 25,6
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 21,7
2 years at university 13,9
3 to 4 years at university 10,9
5 years and over at university 8,4
  • 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 47 121 44 470 43 332
People in work living in the area 34 132 31 872 29 996
Employment concentration indicator 138,1 139,5 144,5
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 53,9 53,5 53,3
  • 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 47 121 100,0 44 470 100,0 43 332 100,0
Employee 43 923 93,2 41 299 92,9 40 135 92,6
 including women 20 236 42,9 19 908 44,8 19 360 44,7
 including part-time workers 8 560 18,2 8 171 18,4 7 953 18,4
Non-employee 3 198 6,8 3 171 7,1 3 197 7,4
 including women 1 177 2,5 1 171 2,6 1 292 3,0
 including part-time workers 306 0,6 347 0,8 412 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 43 379 100,0
Farmer operators 56 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 1 774 4,1
Managers and higher intellectual professions 5 866 13,5
Middle-level occupations 13 260 30,6
Services employee 12 384 28,5
Blue-collar workers 10 039 23,1
  • 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 0,2 0,1 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,0 3,8 4,1
Managers and higher intellectual professions 12,6 13,0 13,5
Middle-level occupations 28,6 29,6 30,6
Services employee 28,7 29,6 28,5
Blue-collar workers 25,9 23,8 23,1
  • 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 46 842 100,0 44 610 100,0 43 379 100,0 47,6 93,3
Agriculture 191 0,4 187 0,4 175 0,4 39,0 69,2
Industry 7 642 16,3 6 531 14,6 5 882 13,6 20,1 97,3
Construction 3 477 7,4 3 239 7,3 3 169 7,3 8,8 91,5
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 18 259 39,0 17 397 39,0 17 616 40,6 45,7 90,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 17 272 36,9 17 256 38,7 16 537 38,1 66,9 95,6
  • 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 40,4 35,9
Industry 20,0 24,7
Construction 9,3 3,3
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 46,5 38,2
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 67,6 52,1
  • 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.