Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Municipality of Brest (29019)

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 97 094 96 113 95 348
Labor force in % 67,5 68,0 68,0
 including people in work in % 57,8 56,1 57,3
 including unemployed workers in % 9,7 11,9 10,6
Economically inactive people in % 32,5 32,0 32,0
 including pupils, students or interns in % 16,1 16,6 17,3
 including retirees in % 7,2 6,5 5,2
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,2 9,0 9,5
  • 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 95 348 64 826 68,0 54 679 57,3
 15 to 24 years old 27 805 10 830 38,9 8 162 29,4
 25 to 54 years old 52 634 46 103 87,6 39 535 75,1
 55 to 64 years old 14 909 7 893 52,9 6 982 46,8
Male 48 647 34 247 70,4 29 040 59,7
 15 to 24 years old 14 113 5 857 41,5 4 527 32,1
 25 to 54 years old 27 502 24 554 89,3 21 143 76,9
 55 to 64 years old 7 033 3 836 54,5 3 369 47,9
Female 46 701 30 579 65,5 25 639 54,9
 15 to 24 years old 13 692 4 972 36,3 3 634 26,5
 25 to 54 years old 25 132 21 549 85,7 18 393 73,2
 55 to 64 years old 7 877 4 057 51,5 3 612 45,9
  • 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 57,3
Unemployed workers 10,6
Retirees 5,2
Pupils, students or interns 17,3
Other economically inactive people 9,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • 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 65 490 56 140 65 343 53 949 64 739 54 610
including
 Farmer operators 53 43 69 53 56 46
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 2 323 2 082 2 451 2 190 2 329 2 138
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 10 522 10 123 11 070 10 592 12 243 11 682
 Middle-level occupations 15 636 14 272 16 160 14 443 16 624 14 914
 Services employee 21 781 18 216 20 683 16 695 19 816 16 451
 Blue-collar workers 14 436 11 403 13 781 9 977 12 269 9 380
  • 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 9 379 11 390 10 147
Unemployment rate in % 14,3 17,4 15,7
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 22,7 27,5 24,6
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 13,2 16,2 14,2
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,2 11,0 11,5
  • 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 35,9
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 25,3
CAP, BEP or equivalent 20,0
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 16,8
2 years at university 11,5
3 to 4 years at university 10,5
5 years and over at university 8,5
  • 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 82 746 80 209 81 468
People in work living in the area 56 412 54 351 55 185
Employment concentration indicator 146,7 147,6 147,6
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,3 55,4 54,7
  • 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, 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 82 746 100,0 80 209 100,0 81 468 100,0
Employee 76 825 92,8 74 083 92,4 74 795 91,8
 including women 35 880 43,4 35 079 43,7 36 113 44,3
 including part-time workers 15 049 18,2 14 311 17,8 13 921 17,1
Non-employee 5 922 7,2 6 126 7,6 6 673 8,2
 including women 2 159 2,6 2 427 3,0 2 700 3,3
 including part-time workers 661 0,8 866 1,1 1 153 1,4
  • 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 80 770 100,0
Farmer operators 78 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3 289 4,1
Managers and higher intellectual professions 16 514 20,4
Middle-level occupations 24 705 30,6
Services employee 24 314 30,1
Blue-collar workers 11 870 14,7
  • 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 0,1 0,1 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3,6 3,9 4,1
Managers and higher intellectual professions 17,9 19,2 20,4
Middle-level occupations 28,8 30,3 30,6
Services employee 32,1 31,0 30,1
Blue-collar workers 17,6 15,4 14,7
  • 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 82 876 100,0 79 937 100,0 80 770 100,0 47,9 92,7
Agriculture 294 0,4 279 0,3 224 0,3 47,3 65,4
Industry 8 975 10,8 8 240 10,3 7 819 9,7 21,3 97,1
Construction 4 057 4,9 3 471 4,3 3 742 4,6 8,5 81,8
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 31 010 37,4 29 357 36,7 30 797 38,1 48,0 89,0
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 38 541 46,5 38 590 48,3 38 188 47,3 57,0 96,1
  • 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 56,9 29,1
Industry 21,1 28,5
Construction 9,5 4,3
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 49,0 40,1
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 57,0 58,2
  • 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.