Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Municipality of Lens (62498)

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 23 011 19 831 19 521
Labor force in % 62,7 65,0 65,6
 including people in work in % 48,2 47,0 46,8
 including unemployed workers in % 14,5 18,0 18,8
Economically inactive people in % 37,3 35,0 34,4
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,0 10,3 10,1
 including retirees in % 7,8 8,0 6,4
 including other economically inactive people in % 17,5 16,7 17,9
  • 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 19 521 12 804 65,6 9 137 46,8
 15 to 24 years old 4 293 1 938 45,1 1 085 25,3
 25 to 54 years old 11 452 9 218 80,5 6 686 58,4
 55 to 64 years old 3 775 1 648 43,6 1 366 36,2
Male 9 829 7 168 72,9 5 115 52,0
 15 to 24 years old 2 191 1 089 49,7 620 28,3
 25 to 54 years old 5 905 5 250 88,9 3 846 65,1
 55 to 64 years old 1 733 829 47,9 648 37,4
Female 9 692 5 636 58,2 4 023 41,5
 15 to 24 years old 2 103 850 40,4 465 22,1
 25 to 54 years old 5 547 3 968 71,5 2 840 51,2
 55 to 64 years old 2 042 818 40,1 718 35,1
  • 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 46,8
Unemployed workers 18,8
Retirees 6,4
Pupils, students or interns 10,1
Other economically inactive people 17,9
  • 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 14 434 11 113 12 879 9 320 12 802 9 140
including
 Farmer operators 10 9 13 6 0 0
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 512 453 465 395 531 447
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 052 1 031 1 000 961 1 016 960
 Middle-level occupations 2 836 2 535 2 378 2 039 2 318 1 998
 Services employee 4 583 3 612 4 273 3 200 4 241 3 089
 Blue-collar workers 4 870 3 473 4 101 2 719 4 064 2 647
  • 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 3 325 3 563 3 667
Unemployment rate in % 23,1 27,6 28,6
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 41,3 49,1 44,0
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 20,2 24,2 27,5
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,2 18,6 17,1
  • 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 42,5
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 38,6
CAP, BEP or equivalent 34,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 26,8
2 years at university 13,4
3 to 4 years at university 12,3
5 years and over at university 11,1
  • 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 23 449 22 364 21 379
People in work living in the area 11 167 9 422 9 245
Employment concentration indicator 210,0 237,3 231,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 49,8 50,7 50,2
  • 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 23 449 100,0 22 364 100,0 21 379 100,0
Employee 22 186 94,6 21 021 94,0 20 028 93,7
 including women 11 462 48,9 10 782 48,2 10 500 49,1
 including part-time workers 3 995 17,0 3 568 16,0 3 458 16,2
Non-employee 1 263 5,4 1 343 6,0 1 351 6,3
 including women 451 1,9 473 2,1 480 2,2
 including part-time workers 124 0,5 158 0,7 217 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 21 268 100,0
Farmer operators 20 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 801 3,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 3 026 14,2
Middle-level occupations 6 420 30,2
Services employee 6 996 32,9
Blue-collar workers 4 005 18,8
  • 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 0,1 0,0 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3,1 3,4 3,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 13,0 14,0 14,2
Middle-level occupations 28,4 29,1 30,2
Services employee 33,8 32,1 32,9
Blue-collar workers 21,6 21,4 18,8
  • 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 23 468 100,0 21 930 100,0 21 268 100,0 51,5 94,1
Agriculture 28 0,1 3 0,0 25 0,1 41,2 59,4
Industry 1 614 6,9 1 447 6,6 1 255 5,9 24,9 93,7
Construction 1 855 7,9 1 789 8,2 1 402 6,6 7,4 90,5
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 9 767 41,6 9 437 43,0 8 883 41,8 46,0 91,8
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 10 203 43,5 9 255 42,2 9 703 45,6 66,3 96,9
  • 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 32,9 53,4
Industry 23,8 41,2
Construction 8,2 0,0
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 46,7 37,4
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 66,7 53,9
  • 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.