Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Functional area 2020 of Nantes (008)

Detailed figures

Paru le :27/06/2023

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2009 2014 2020
Altogether 587 953 618 027 663 036
Labor force in % 73,3 75,1 76,7
 including people in work in % 66,5 66,5 68,9
 including unemployed workers in % 6,8 8,6 7,8
Economically inactive people in % 26,7 24,9 23,3
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,4 12,2 12,2
 including retirees in % 8,0 7,1 5,4
 including other economically inactive people in % 6,3 5,6 5,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 663 036 508 457 76,7 456 843 68,9
 15 to 24 years old 137 932 54 635 39,6 43 811 31,8
 25 to 54 years old 413 586 387 589 93,7 352 064 85,1
 55 to 64 years old 111 519 66 233 59,4 60 969 54,7
Male 329 220 259 184 78,7 234 273 71,2
 15 to 24 years old 69 191 29 683 42,9 24 079 34,8
 25 to 54 years old 206 528 196 998 95,4 180 275 87,3
 55 to 64 years old 53 500 32 503 60,8 29 919 55,9
Female 333 816 249 273 74,7 222 570 66,7
 15 to 24 years old 68 741 24 952 36,3 19 732 28,7
 25 to 54 years old 207 057 190 592 92,0 171 788 83,0
 55 to 64 years old 58 019 33 730 58,1 31 050 53,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 68,9
Unemployed workers 7,8
Retirees 5,4
Pupils, students or interns 12,2
Other economically inactive people 5,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2009 including people in work 2014 including people in work 2020 including people in work
Altogether 430 644 390 721 464 356 410 963 508 104 456 655
including
 Farmer operators 4 696 4 583 3 859 3 756 3 659 3 560
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 20 513 19 146 24 146 22 584 26 999 25 637
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 75 760 72 882 89 741 85 832 113 017 108 480
 Middle-level occupations 117 001 108 005 131 350 119 117 144 772 132 957
 Services employee 118 353 106 042 121 686 105 921 124 625 109 285
 Blue-collar workers 91 655 80 064 88 881 73 753 89 822 76 736
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2009 2014 2020
Number of unemployed workers 40 050 53 112 51 614
Unemployment rate in % 9,3 11,4 10,2
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 18,9 24,5 19,8
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 8,1 10,0 9,2
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 6,9 8,3 7,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 24,0
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 18,3
CAP, BEP or equivalent 11,0
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 11,9
2 years at university 7,3
3 to 4 years at university 7,7
5 years and over at university 6,6
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2009 2014 2020
Number of jobs in the area 400 589 425 524 471 334
People in work living in the area 392 461 413 644 460 329
Employment concentration indicator 102,1 102,9 102,4
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 61,0 61,6 62,0
  • 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, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2009 % 2014 % 2020 %
Altogether 400 589 100,0 425 524 100,0 471 334 100,0
Employee 360 085 89,9 379 527 89,2 417 470 88,6
 including women 178 720 44,6 189 564 44,5 206 737 43,9
 including part-time workers 76 650 19,1 78 340 18,4 79 279 16,8
Non-employee 40 504 10,1 45 997 10,8 53 864 11,4
 including women 13 657 3,4 16 632 3,9 21 003 4,5
 including part-time workers 5 091 1,3 6 627 1,6 8 491 1,8
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020
Number %
Altogether 470 487 100,0
Farmer operators 3 715 0,8
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 26 935 5,7
Managers and higher intellectual professions 106 313 22,6
Middle-level occupations 135 933 28,9
Services employee 114 604 24,4
Blue-collar workers 82 985 17,6
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2009 2014 2020
Farmer operators 1,2 0,9 0,8
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,9 5,5 5,7
Managers and higher intellectual professions 17,9 19,9 22,6
Middle-level occupations 27,6 28,9 28,9
Services employee 27,4 26,1 24,4
Blue-collar workers 21,0 18,7 17,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2009 2014 2020
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 400 363 100,0 424 979 100,0 470 487 100,0 48,3 89,3
Agriculture 8 868 2,2 7 925 1,9 7 874 1,7 33,0 53,8
Industry 49 060 12,3 46 075 10,8 48 789 10,4 30,2 93,9
Construction 28 026 7,0 28 303 6,7 31 149 6,6 14,7 80,9
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 196 276 49,0 217 673 51,2 249 773 53,1 44,4 88,7
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 118 134 29,5 125 004 29,4 132 902 28,2 71,1 92,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 41,6 23,0
Industry 30,2 29,9
Construction 16,9 5,6
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,2 38,2
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 71,8 61,3
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.