Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Urban unit 2020 of Port-Louis (9A202)

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 3 414 3 621 3 511
Labor force in % 63,3 63,2 61,2
 including people in work in % 42,0 40,3 42,4
 including unemployed workers in % 21,3 22,9 18,8
Economically inactive people in % 36,7 36,8 38,8
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,9 12,6 11,9
 including retirees in % 7,1 7,1 5,6
 including other economically inactive people in % 16,7 17,1 21,3
  • 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 3 511 2 148 61,2 1 488 42,4
 15 to 24 years old 651 179 27,5 105 16,1
 25 to 54 years old 1 997 1 526 76,4 1 030 51,6
 55 to 64 years old 863 443 51,3 353 40,9
Male 1 628 986 60,6 729 44,8
 15 to 24 years old 325 100 30,9 68 20,9
 25 to 54 years old 853 655 76,8 478 56,0
 55 to 64 years old 450 231 51,3 184 40,8
Female 1 883 1 162 61,7 759 40,3
 15 to 24 years old 327 79 24,2 37 11,3
 25 to 54 years old 1 144 871 76,1 552 48,3
 55 to 64 years old 413 212 51,4 169 41,0
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 42,4
Unemployed workers 18,8
Retirees 5,6
Pupils, students or interns 11,9
Other economically inactive people 21,3
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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

  • 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 2 208 1 472 2 484 1 632 2 062 1 462
including
 Farmer operators 132 120 80 80 108 103
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 148 124 176 148 139 119
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 80 80 132 116 90 85
 Middle-level occupations 392 360 416 332 357 287
 Services employee 680 456 848 600 741 567
 Blue-collar workers 480 332 572 356 425 300
  • 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 727 829 661
Unemployment rate in % 33,7 36,2 30,8
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 59,4 62,5 41,5
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 32,2 35,8 32,5
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 14,8 18,6 20,4
  • 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 38,5
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 30,3
CAP, BEP or equivalent 32,9
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 31,1
2 years at university 21,9
3 to 4 years at university 17,5
5 years and over at university 11,2
  • 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 1 056 1 190 1 130
People in work living in the area 1 445 1 486 1 542
Employment concentration indicator 73,1 80,1 73,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 51,7 50,4 47,4
  • 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 1 056 100,0 1 190 100,0 1 130 100,0
Employee 778 73,6 964 81,0 867 76,8
 including women 422 40,0 541 45,5 529 46,8
 including part-time workers 263 24,9 269 22,6 234 20,7
Non-employee 279 26,4 226 19,0 262 23,2
 including women 81 7,7 78 6,6 101 9,0
 including part-time workers 71 6,7 35 3,0 45 4,0
  • 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 1 076 100,0
Farmer operators 79 7,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 115 10,7
Managers and higher intellectual professions 103 9,6
Middle-level occupations 292 27,1
Services employee 344 32,0
Blue-collar workers 143 13,3
  • 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 9,8 6,5 7,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 13,0 10,2 10,7
Managers and higher intellectual professions 4,2 9,3 9,6
Middle-level occupations 21,8 23,6 27,1
Services employee 33,5 30,3 32,0
Blue-collar workers 17,6 20,1 13,3
  • 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 1 019 100,0 1 381 100,0 1 076 100,0 55,7 79,7
Agriculture 179 17,5 188 13,6 133 12,3 9,7 49,3
Industry 26 2,6 70 5,1 55 5,1 23,0 64,2
Construction 110 10,8 51 3,7 48 4,5 12,2 53,5
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 339 33,3 385 27,9 255 23,7 44,6 71,5
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 365 35,8 686 49,7 586 54,4 77,5 93,7
  • 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 4,1 15,2
Industry 35,8 0,0
Construction 3,9 21,8
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 52,6 24,5
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 80,0 40,3
  • 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.