Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Urban unit 2020 of Laon (02403)

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 19 215 18 662 17 283
Labor force in % 68,3 68,6 67,1
 including people in work in % 57,0 52,6 51,2
 including unemployed workers in % 11,3 16,1 15,8
Economically inactive people in % 31,7 31,4 32,9
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,1 8,8 9,4
 including retirees in % 8,0 8,5 7,0
 including other economically inactive people in % 13,7 14,1 16,5
  • 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 17 283 11 589 67,1 8 853 51,2
 15 to 24 years old 3 548 1 497 42,2 867 24,4
 25 to 54 years old 10 248 8 328 81,3 6 513 63,6
 55 to 64 years old 3 487 1 764 50,6 1 472 42,2
Male 8 623 6 011 69,7 4 563 52,9
 15 to 24 years old 1 844 859 46,6 507 27,5
 25 to 54 years old 5 211 4 313 82,8 3 349 64,3
 55 to 64 years old 1 569 839 53,5 707 45,0
Female 8 659 5 578 64,4 4 290 49,5
 15 to 24 years old 1 705 638 37,4 360 21,1
 25 to 54 years old 5 037 4 015 79,7 3 164 62,8
 55 to 64 years old 1 918 925 48,2 766 39,9
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 51,2
Unemployed workers 15,8
Retirees 7,0
Pupils, students or interns 9,4
Other economically inactive people 16,5
  • 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 13 090 10 887 12 886 9 877 11 550 8 804
including
 Farmer operators 31 31 27 27 34 34
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 455 425 443 386 463 395
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 398 1 361 1 292 1 230 1 108 1 054
 Middle-level occupations 2 817 2 606 2 786 2 468 2 556 2 326
 Services employee 4 458 3 668 4 282 3 282 3 683 2 765
 Blue-collar workers 3 613 2 796 3 645 2 484 3 274 2 230
  • 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 2 172 3 002 2 736
Unemployment rate in % 16,6 23,4 23,6
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 32,1 37,6 42,1
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 14,0 21,5 21,8
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,2 16,4 16,5
  • 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 41,4
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 29,6
CAP, BEP or equivalent 26,8
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 22,2
2 years at university 13,9
3 to 4 years at university 11,2
5 years and over at university 5,9
  • 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 19 495 18 128 17 355
People in work living in the area 11 008 9 937 9 012
Employment concentration indicator 177,1 182,4 192,6
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,3 54,9 51,9
  • 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 19 495 100,0 18 128 100,0 17 355 100,0
Employee 18 341 94,1 16 940 93,5 16 149 93,0
 including women 9 324 47,8 8 805 48,6 8 510 49,0
 including part-time workers 3 260 16,7 3 091 17,1 2 974 17,1
Non-employee 1 154 5,9 1 187 6,5 1 206 7,0
 including women 439 2,3 410 2,3 471 2,7
 including part-time workers 72 0,4 150 0,8 181 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 17 261 100,0
Farmer operators 51 0,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 565 3,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 2 341 13,6
Middle-level occupations 5 154 29,9
Services employee 5 708 33,1
Blue-collar workers 3 442 19,9
  • 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 0,3 0,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3,3 3,9 3,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 13,0 12,8 13,6
Middle-level occupations 26,6 27,3 29,9
Services employee 33,8 34,0 33,1
Blue-collar workers 23,1 21,8 19,9
  • 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 19 388 100,0 17 802 100,0 17 261 100,0 52,2 94,2
Agriculture 79 0,4 79 0,4 79 0,5 6,2 54,9
Industry 1 563 8,1 1 525 8,6 1 356 7,9 29,6 97,0
Construction 1 120 5,8 901 5,1 879 5,1 10,9 90,0
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 7 692 39,7 7 012 39,4 6 654 38,5 49,0 91,1
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 8 934 46,1 8 285 46,5 8 293 48,0 63,4 97,0
  • 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 11,2 0,0
Industry 29,7 27,1
Construction 11,0 9,3
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 49,8 40,2
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 64,0 44,3
  • 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.