Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Department of Hérault (34)

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 660 943 695 597 727 299
Labor force in % 67,2 69,4 70,9
 including people in work in % 57,1 57,5 58,9
 including unemployed workers in % 10,1 11,9 12,0
Economically inactive people in % 32,8 30,6 29,1
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,9 12,6 12,9
 including retirees in % 9,1 8,0 6,0
 including other economically inactive people in % 10,9 10,0 10,2
  • 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 727 299 515 879 70,9 428 591 58,9
 15 to 24 years old 151 892 54 089 35,6 35 389 23,3
 25 to 54 years old 432 595 381 148 88,1 323 590 74,8
 55 to 64 years old 142 811 80 642 56,5 69 611 48,7
Male 352 143 259 906 73,8 216 916 61,6
 15 to 24 years old 75 617 28 875 38,2 18 713 24,7
 25 to 54 years old 209 813 191 653 91,3 164 168 78,2
 55 to 64 years old 66 713 39 378 59,0 34 035 51,0
Female 375 156 255 973 68,2 211 675 56,4
 15 to 24 years old 76 276 25 215 33,1 16 676 21,9
 25 to 54 years old 222 783 189 495 85,1 159 422 71,6
 55 to 64 years old 76 097 41 264 54,2 35 577 46,8
  • 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 58,9
Unemployed workers 12,0
Retirees 6,0
Pupils, students or interns 12,9
Other economically inactive people 10,2
  • 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 443 235 376 502 483 041 400 347 517 039 429 571
including
 Farmer operators 7 318 7 161 6 186 6 016 5 994 5 903
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 33 219 30 197 37 799 34 351 41 890 38 557
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 65 324 61 771 74 659 70 270 84 668 79 065
 Middle-level occupations 110 489 98 689 123 959 108 696 135 074 118 654
 Services employee 136 297 111 987 145 011 115 510 152 272 121 510
 Blue-collar workers 84 691 66 696 87 526 65 504 87 286 65 882
  • 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 66 879 82 580 87 288
Unemployment rate in % 15,1 17,1 16,9
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 29,0 36,1 34,6
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 13,6 15,2 15,1
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,7 11,9 13,7
  • 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 29,4
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 24,6
CAP, BEP or equivalent 19,7
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 19,4
2 years at university 12,5
3 to 4 years at university 10,7
5 years and over at university 9,4
  • 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 379 839 405 920 437 330
People in work living in the area 380 630 405 550 436 514
Employment concentration indicator 99,8 100,1 100,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 53,0 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 379 839 100,0 405 920 100,0 437 330 100,0
Employee 320 566 84,4 336 181 82,8 360 346 82,4
 including women 162 713 42,8 173 824 42,8 186 732 42,7
 including part-time workers 69 717 18,4 72 585 17,9 74 594 17,1
Non-employee 59 274 15,6 69 739 17,2 76 984 17,6
 including women 20 166 5,3 25 508 6,3 29 526 6,8
 including part-time workers 6 795 1,8 9 813 2,4 12 905 3,0
  • 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 438 238 100,0
Farmer operators 6 343 1,4
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 40 180 9,2
Managers and higher intellectual professions 79 650 18,2
Middle-level occupations 120 377 27,5
Services employee 123 948 28,3
Blue-collar workers 67 740 15,5
  • 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 2,0 1,6 1,4
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 8,1 8,7 9,2
Managers and higher intellectual professions 16,1 17,3 18,2
Middle-level occupations 26,1 27,1 27,5
Services employee 29,9 28,9 28,3
Blue-collar workers 17,8 16,5 15,5
  • 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 379 104 100,0 405 912 100,0 438 238 100,0 49,3 83,8
Agriculture 11 925 3,1 10 504 2,6 10 914 2,5 26,4 43,6
Industry 28 521 7,5 27 496 6,8 28 106 6,4 30,4 88,0
Construction 30 645 8,1 31 249 7,7 31 011 7,1 11,2 66,9
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 175 299 46,2 193 057 47,6 210 958 48,1 44,5 82,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 132 715 35,0 143 607 35,4 157 249 35,9 68,2 91,1
  • 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 24,5 27,9
Industry 30,2 31,9
Construction 14,6 4,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,8 38,8
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,0 60,1
  • 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.