Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Arrondissement of Lens (627)

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 237 490 232 942 228 938
Labor force in % 64,4 66,9 68,4
 including people in work in % 52,5 52,6 55,6
 including unemployed workers in % 11,9 14,3 12,8
Economically inactive people in % 35,6 33,1 31,6
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,3 9,6 9,7
 including retirees in % 8,9 8,1 6,8
 including other economically inactive people in % 16,5 15,4 15,1
  • 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 228 938 156 579 68,4 127 207 55,6
 15 to 24 years old 44 598 19 123 42,9 12 074 27,1
 25 to 54 years old 137 950 116 583 84,5 97 350 70,6
 55 to 64 years old 46 390 20 874 45,0 17 783 38,3
Male 112 957 84 537 74,8 69 045 61,1
 15 to 24 years old 22 708 10 583 46,6 6 647 29,3
 25 to 54 years old 68 204 62 974 92,3 53 115 77,9
 55 to 64 years old 22 044 10 980 49,8 9 283 42,1
Female 115 982 72 042 62,1 58 162 50,1
 15 to 24 years old 21 890 8 540 39,0 5 428 24,8
 25 to 54 years old 69 745 53 609 76,9 44 234 63,4
 55 to 64 years old 24 346 9 894 40,6 8 500 34,9
  • 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 55,6
Unemployed workers 12,8
Retirees 6,8
Pupils, students or interns 9,7
Other economically inactive people 15,1
  • 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 152 707 124 642 156 220 122 811 156 069 126 818
including
 Farmer operators 297 286 234 228 197 189
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 5 296 4 800 5 963 5 132 5 722 5 204
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 9 868 9 610 10 172 9 800 11 713 11 279
 Middle-level occupations 32 386 29 713 33 920 30 348 35 284 31 986
 Services employee 47 839 39 636 49 920 40 064 49 449 40 392
 Blue-collar workers 52 424 40 596 50 676 37 240 49 353 37 768
  • 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 28 287 33 264 29 372
Unemployment rate in % 18,5 21,3 18,8
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 40,3 44,7 36,9
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 15,1 18,2 16,5
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 11,5 15,2 14,8
  • 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 32,9
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 26,3
CAP, BEP or equivalent 22,3
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 17,4
2 years at university 9,4
3 to 4 years at university 7,1
5 years and over at university 6,7
  • 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 112 187 110 590 113 997
People in work living in the area 125 209 123 343 128 429
Employment concentration indicator 89,6 89,7 88,8
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 52,3 53,8 53,6
  • 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 112 187 100,0 110 590 100,0 113 997 100,0
Employee 103 842 92,6 101 562 91,8 104 687 91,8
 including women 49 651 44,3 49 573 44,8 51 683 45,3
 including part-time workers 20 647 18,4 19 925 18,0 19 569 17,2
Non-employee 8 344 7,4 9 028 8,2 9 309 8,2
 including women 3 030 2,7 3 373 3,1 3 665 3,2
 including part-time workers 819 0,7 1 100 1,0 1 159 1,0
  • 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 113 584 100,0
Farmer operators 231 0,2
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5 288 4,7
Managers and higher intellectual professions 12 653 11,1
Middle-level occupations 29 695 26,1
Services employee 35 752 31,5
Blue-collar workers 29 965 26,4
  • 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 0,3 0,2 0,2
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,4 4,8 4,7
Managers and higher intellectual professions 10,2 10,3 11,1
Middle-level occupations 24,8 25,1 26,1
Services employee 31,3 32,3 31,5
Blue-collar workers 28,9 27,3 26,4
  • 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 112 716 100,0 111 006 100,0 113 584 100,0 48,6 92,6
Agriculture 521 0,5 365 0,3 307 0,3 26,7 40,4
Industry 13 822 12,3 11 485 10,3 10 988 9,7 23,6 95,4
Construction 9 757 8,7 9 260 8,3 8 931 7,9 9,4 88,4
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 48 448 43,0 49 442 44,5 51 028 44,9 44,1 91,2
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 40 168 35,6 40 453 36,4 42 331 37,3 69,0 94,8
  • 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 30,0 24,4
Industry 23,5 27,3
Construction 10,1 4,5
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 44,5 39,9
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,8 54,8
  • 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.