Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Employment area 2020 of Lens (3215)

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 250 324 247 230 243 387
Labor force in % 64,2 66,8 68,3
 including people in work in % 52,5 53,2 54,9
 including unemployed workers in % 11,7 13,6 13,4
Economically inactive people in % 35,8 33,2 31,7
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,8 9,6 9,7
 including retirees in % 8,5 8,5 7,1
 including other economically inactive people in % 16,5 15,1 14,9
  • 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 243 387 166 119 68,3 133 506 54,9
 15 to 24 years old 47 238 20 238 42,8 12 214 25,9
 25 to 54 years old 146 741 124 277 84,7 102 979 70,2
 55 to 64 years old 49 408 21 604 43,7 18 313 37,1
Male 120 151 89 862 74,8 72 459 60,3
 15 to 24 years old 24 103 11 183 46,4 6 735 27,9
 25 to 54 years old 72 590 67 306 92,7 56 202 77,4
 55 to 64 years old 23 458 11 373 48,5 9 522 40,6
Female 123 235 76 256 61,9 61 046 49,5
 15 to 24 years old 23 135 9 054 39,1 5 479 23,7
 25 to 54 years old 74 151 56 971 76,8 46 777 63,1
 55 to 64 years old 25 949 10 230 39,4 8 790 33,9
  • 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 54,9
Unemployed workers 13,4
Retirees 7,1
Pupils, students or interns 9,7
Other economically inactive people 14,9
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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

  • 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 160 826 131 924 165 319 131 835 166 072 133 195
including
 Farmer operators 372 368 338 327 247 247
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 5 392 4 902 6 269 5 494 6 073 5 444
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 10 281 9 966 11 031 10 705 11 961 11 493
 Middle-level occupations 34 223 31 558 36 192 32 587 37 341 33 621
 Services employee 49 823 41 438 52 622 42 566 52 786 42 930
 Blue-collar workers 56 112 43 693 53 612 40 156 52 662 39 460
  • 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 29 163 33 625 32 613
Unemployment rate in % 18,2 20,4 19,6
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 39,2 43,9 39,6
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 14,8 17,1 17,1
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 11,2 14,4 15,2
  • 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 34,3
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 26,4
CAP, BEP or equivalent 23,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,0
2 years at university 9,9
3 to 4 years at university 7,4
5 years and over at university 7,7
  • 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 120 417 120 454 120 067
People in work living in the area 132 117 132 329 134 525
Employment concentration indicator 91,1 91,0 89,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 52,1 54,1 53,8
  • 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 120 417 100,0 120 454 100,0 120 067 100,0
Employee 111 699 92,8 110 857 92,0 110 490 92,0
 including women 51 165 42,5 52 237 43,4 53 457 44,5
 including part-time workers 21 601 17,9 21 316 17,7 20 949 17,4
Non-employee 8 717 7,2 9 598 8,0 9 577 8,0
 including women 3 133 2,6 3 528 2,9 3 698 3,1
 including part-time workers 803 0,7 1 092 0,9 1 235 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 120 009 100,0
Farmer operators 322 0,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5 449 4,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 13 055 10,9
Middle-level occupations 30 824 25,7
Services employee 37 763 31,5
Blue-collar workers 32 596 27,2
  • 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 0,3 0,3
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,2 4,7 4,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 9,9 10,3 10,9
Middle-level occupations 24,6 24,8 25,7
Services employee 30,4 31,1 31,5
Blue-collar workers 30,6 28,8 27,2
  • 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 121 048 100,0 120 533 100,0 120 009 100,0 47,7 92,8
Agriculture 684 0,6 503 0,4 462 0,4 23,6 45,6
Industry 19 374 16,0 16 168 13,4 14 020 11,7 21,1 96,5
Construction 10 160 8,4 10 224 8,5 8 933 7,4 9,4 87,3
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 49 890 41,2 51 834 43,0 52 920 44,1 43,8 91,4
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 40 939 33,8 41 805 34,7 43 674 36,4 69,0 94,9
  • 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 29,6 18,6
Industry 20,8 28,1
Construction 10,2 4,1
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 44,3 39,3
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,8 53,1
  • 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.