Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Urban unit 2020 of Montpellier (34701)

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 266 749 284 105 307 230
Labor force in % 65,1 67,5 68,8
 including people in work in % 55,3 55,5 56,7
 including unemployed workers in % 9,8 12,0 12,0
Economically inactive people in % 34,9 32,5 31,2
 including pupils, students or interns in % 19,0 18,3 18,3
 including retirees in % 6,4 5,4 4,0
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,6 8,8 9,0
  • 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 307 230 211 229 68,8 174 327 56,7
 15 to 24 years old 82 503 26 715 32,4 17 892 21,7
 25 to 54 years old 178 258 155 932 87,5 131 588 73,8
 55 to 64 years old 46 469 28 582 61,5 24 847 53,5
Male 147 360 105 701 71,7 87 365 59,3
 15 to 24 years old 39 446 13 385 33,9 8 826 22,4
 25 to 54 years old 87 091 78 741 90,4 66 838 76,7
 55 to 64 years old 20 824 13 576 65,2 11 701 56,2
Female 159 870 105 528 66,0 86 963 54,4
 15 to 24 years old 43 057 13 330 31,0 9 066 21,1
 25 to 54 years old 91 167 77 191 84,7 64 751 71,0
 55 to 64 years old 25 645 15 006 58,5 13 147 51,3
  • 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 56,7
Unemployed workers 12,0
Retirees 4,0
Pupils, students or interns 18,3
Other economically inactive people 9,0
  • 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 173 064 146 864 192 031 157 926 211 111 174 393
including
 Farmer operators 373 351 319 288 274 273
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 9 685 8 762 11 349 10 147 13 498 12 196
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 36 641 34 592 41 581 39 133 48 688 45 474
 Middle-level occupations 48 248 42 638 54 507 47 066 58 966 51 306
 Services employee 49 716 40 618 53 136 41 695 56 177 44 354
 Blue-collar workers 25 703 19 904 27 175 19 597 28 472 20 790
  • 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 26 194 33 997 36 901
Unemployment rate in % 15,1 17,7 17,5
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 26,4 35,1 33,0
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 13,9 15,9 15,6
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 9,8 10,0 13,1
  • 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 31,6
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 27,8
CAP, BEP or equivalent 21,8
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 22,8
2 years at university 14,1
3 to 4 years at university 12,7
5 years and over at university 10,2
  • 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 190 441 202 788 224 807
People in work living in the area 148 791 159 895 177 493
Employment concentration indicator 128,0 126,8 126,7
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 54,4 55,8 55,7
  • 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 190 441 100,0 202 788 100,0 224 807 100,0
Employee 168 736 88,6 175 839 86,7 192 781 85,8
 including women 85 497 44,9 90 675 44,7 98 934 44,0
 including part-time workers 33 899 17,8 35 128 17,3 37 181 16,5
Non-employee 21 705 11,4 26 949 13,3 32 026 14,2
 including women 7 466 3,9 9 816 4,8 12 317 5,5
 including part-time workers 2 690 1,4 4 107 2,0 5 940 2,6
  • 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 224 642 100,0
Farmer operators 326 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 15 478 6,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 55 349 24,6
Middle-level occupations 67 557 30,1
Services employee 58 342 26,0
Blue-collar workers 27 590 12,3
  • 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 0,3 0,2 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5,6 6,0 6,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 22,2 23,9 24,6
Middle-level occupations 29,1 30,5 30,1
Services employee 28,6 26,7 26,0
Blue-collar workers 14,2 12,8 12,3
  • 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 188 018 100,0 201 326 100,0 224 642 100,0 49,4 87,2
Agriculture 859 0,5 722 0,4 782 0,3 24,9 64,1
Industry 12 115 6,4 11 143 5,5 12 195 5,4 31,7 90,8
Construction 12 421 6,6 11 986 6,0 13 923 6,2 12,0 72,7
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 94 258 50,1 104 451 51,9 116 934 52,1 43,5 85,6
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 68 365 36,4 73 024 36,3 80 808 36,0 67,2 91,7
  • 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 27,2 20,8
Industry 31,2 36,4
Construction 14,6 5,2
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 44,8 35,4
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,0 58,4
  • 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.