Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Municipality of Lens (62498)

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 22 797 19 628 20 084
Labor force in % 63,9 64,0 65,7
 including people in work in % 48,5 45,7 48,2
 including unemployed workers in % 15,3 18,3 17,6
Economically inactive people in % 36,1 36,0 34,3
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,9 10,8 10,1
 including retirees in % 8,0 8,1 6,5
 including other economically inactive people in % 17,3 17,0 17,8
  • 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 20 084 13 202 65,7 9 672 48,2
 15 to 24 years old 4 450 2 064 46,4 1 223 27,5
 25 to 54 years old 11 677 9 316 79,8 6 928 59,3
 55 to 64 years old 3 957 1 822 46,1 1 521 38,4
Male 10 112 7 354 72,7 5 446 53,9
 15 to 24 years old 2 313 1 176 50,8 709 30,7
 25 to 54 years old 5 956 5 251 88,2 3 977 66,8
 55 to 64 years old 1 844 927 50,3 760 41,2
Female 9 971 5 849 58,7 4 226 42,4
 15 to 24 years old 2 138 889 41,6 514 24,1
 25 to 54 years old 5 721 4 064 71,1 2 951 51,6
 55 to 64 years old 2 113 896 42,4 761 36,0
  • 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 48,2
Unemployed workers 17,6
Retirees 6,5
Pupils, students or interns 10,1
Other economically inactive people 17,8
  • 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 14 564 11 074 12 560 8 964 13 200 9 676
including
 Farmer operators 16 9 7 6 0 0
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 518 447 480 408 544 457
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 079 1 072 974 925 1 045 992
 Middle-level occupations 2 802 2 483 2 336 1 997 2 431 2 128
 Services employee 4 601 3 566 4 204 3 072 4 369 3 180
 Blue-collar workers 4 960 3 497 3 890 2 556 4 196 2 918
  • 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 3 492 3 598 3 530
Unemployment rate in % 24,0 28,6 26,7
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 44,7 48,6 40,7
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 20,4 26,1 25,6
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 12,5 17,4 16,5
  • 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 40,1
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 38,6
CAP, BEP or equivalent 31,3
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 25,3
2 years at university 13,0
3 to 4 years at university 11,7
5 years and over at university 8,1
  • 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 23 460 21 776 21 468
People in work living in the area 11 139 9 082 9 807
Employment concentration indicator 210,6 239,8 218,9
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 50,6 49,7 50,4
  • 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, 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 23 460 100,0 21 776 100,0 21 468 100,0
Employee 22 237 94,8 20 404 93,7 20 066 93,5
 including women 11 452 48,8 10 518 48,3 10 537 49,1
 including part-time workers 3 951 16,8 3 492 16,0 3 438 16,0
Non-employee 1 223 5,2 1 372 6,3 1 402 6,5
 including women 425 1,8 497 2,3 495 2,3
 including part-time workers 126 0,5 178 0,8 210 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 21 328 100,0
Farmer operators 25 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 807 3,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 3 007 14,1
Middle-level occupations 6 752 31,7
Services employee 6 723 31,5
Blue-collar workers 4 014 18,8
  • 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 0,0 0,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 3,0 3,6 3,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 13,3 13,5 14,1
Middle-level occupations 28,7 29,0 31,7
Services employee 32,8 33,0 31,5
Blue-collar workers 22,2 20,8 18,8
  • 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 23 321 100,0 21 553 100,0 21 328 100,0 51,7 93,9
Agriculture 28 0,1 8 0,0 20 0,1 52,2 49,9
Industry 1 602 6,9 1 417 6,6 1 225 5,7 23,5 92,9
Construction 1 988 8,5 1 559 7,2 1 492 7,0 8,3 90,0
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 9 647 41,4 9 410 43,7 8 664 40,6 46,5 91,4
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 10 057 43,1 9 159 42,5 9 927 46,5 66,2 96,9
  • 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 49,8 54,6
Industry 22,0 43,3
Construction 8,9 3,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 47,5 35,7
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 66,6 51,8
  • 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.