Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Urban unit 2020 of Brest (29701)

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 135 678 134 268 134 266
Labor force in % 67,2 68,9 68,9
 including people in work in % 59,1 58,9 58,9
 including unemployed workers in % 8,2 10,0 10,0
Economically inactive people in % 32,8 31,1 31,1
 including pupils, students or interns in % 15,7 15,1 16,3
 including retirees in % 8,1 8,1 6,5
 including other economically inactive people in % 8,9 7,9 8,2
  • 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 134 266 92 573 68,9 79 116 58,9
 15 to 24 years old 35 048 12 580 35,9 9 247 26,4
 25 to 54 years old 75 276 67 452 89,6 58 686 78,0
 55 to 64 years old 23 941 12 541 52,4 11 183 46,7
Male 68 097 48 226 70,8 41 280 60,6
 15 to 24 years old 18 153 6 932 38,2 5 147 28,4
 25 to 54 years old 38 647 35 409 91,6 30 903 80,0
 55 to 64 years old 11 297 5 885 52,1 5 230 46,3
Female 66 168 44 347 67,0 37 836 57,2
 15 to 24 years old 16 895 5 648 33,4 4 100 24,3
 25 to 54 years old 36 629 32 043 87,5 27 783 75,8
 55 to 64 years old 12 644 6 656 52,6 5 953 47,1
  • 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 58,9
Unemployed workers 10,0
Retirees 6,5
Pupils, students or interns 16,3
Other economically inactive people 8,2
  • 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 91 199 80 105 92 400 78 969 92 530 79 127
including
 Farmer operators 370 355 218 198 288 269
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 3 428 3 145 3 781 3 460 3 699 3 394
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 14 988 14 474 16 322 15 768 17 839 17 035
 Middle-level occupations 23 080 21 255 23 699 21 497 24 551 22 263
 Services employee 29 311 25 069 28 390 23 634 27 546 22 980
 Blue-collar workers 19 256 15 808 18 817 14 411 17 017 13 186
  • 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 11 118 13 466 13 457
Unemployment rate in % 12,2 14,6 14,5
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 21,2 26,5 26,5
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 11,1 13,0 13,0
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 7,6 9,7 10,8
  • 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 34,1
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 23,8
CAP, BEP or equivalent 18,7
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 16,1
2 years at university 10,2
3 to 4 years at university 9,6
5 years and over at university 7,9
  • 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 103 696 104 380 106 335
People in work living in the area 80 525 79 618 79 810
Employment concentration indicator 128,8 131,1 133,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 54,9 55,7 54,5
  • 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 103 696 100,0 104 380 100,0 106 335 100,0
Employee 96 106 92,7 96 089 92,1 97 456 91,6
 including women 44 526 42,9 45 589 43,7 47 177 44,4
 including part-time workers 18 871 18,2 18 871 18,1 18 304 17,2
Non-employee 7 591 7,3 8 291 7,9 8 879 8,4
 including women 2 702 2,6 3 140 3,0 3 603 3,4
 including part-time workers 795 0,8 1 177 1,1 1 375 1,3
  • 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 106 050 100,0
Farmer operators 334 0,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4 345 4,1
Managers and higher intellectual professions 21 965 20,7
Middle-level occupations 31 669 29,9
Services employee 30 852 29,1
Blue-collar workers 16 885 15,9
  • 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 0,4 0,2 0,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3,7 4,0 4,1
Managers and higher intellectual professions 17,6 19,6 20,7
Middle-level occupations 28,1 29,0 29,9
Services employee 31,4 30,3 29,1
Blue-collar workers 18,8 17,0 15,9
  • 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 103 313 100,0 104 169 100,0 106 050 100,0 48,0 92,5
Agriculture 1 162 1,1 1 003 1,0 1 142 1,1 42,5 70,4
Industry 11 117 10,8 10 420 10,0 10 301 9,7 22,9 97,0
Construction 5 868 5,7 5 612 5,4 5 304 5,0 10,2 83,0
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 40 145 38,9 42 086 40,4 43 978 41,5 48,0 90,0
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 45 022 43,6 45 049 43,2 45 325 42,7 58,4 95,5
  • 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 50,0 24,8
Industry 22,6 30,8
Construction 11,3 4,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 49,0 38,8
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 58,4 58,2
  • 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.