Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Department of Hérault (34)

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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 667 038 700 868 732 281
Labor force in % 67,5 69,8 71,4
 including people in work in % 57,2 57,7 59,9
 including unemployed workers in % 10,3 12,2 11,5
Economically inactive people in % 32,5 30,2 28,6
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,6 12,7 12,8
 including retirees in % 9,2 7,4 5,6
 including other economically inactive people in % 10,7 10,0 10,2
  • 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 732 281 522 553 71,4 438 561 59,9
 15 to 24 years old 153 877 55 713 36,2 37 673 24,5
 25 to 54 years old 434 819 383 464 88,2 328 432 75,5
 55 to 64 years old 143 585 83 376 58,1 72 456 50,5
Male 354 582 263 015 74,2 221 977 62,6
 15 to 24 years old 76 596 29 685 38,8 19 910 26,0
 25 to 54 years old 210 881 192 681 91,4 166 697 79,0
 55 to 64 years old 67 105 40 649 60,6 35 370 52,7
Female 377 699 259 538 68,7 216 583 57,3
 15 to 24 years old 77 281 26 028 33,7 17 763 23,0
 25 to 54 years old 223 938 190 783 85,2 161 734 72,2
 55 to 64 years old 76 480 42 728 55,9 37 086 48,5
  • 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 59,9
Unemployed workers 11,5
Retirees 5,6
Pupils, students or interns 12,8
Other economically inactive people 10,2
  • 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 449 302 380 557 490 481 405 024 522 842 438 699
including
 Farmer operators 7 057 6 913 6 097 5 934 6 002 5 888
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 33 992 30 905 38 807 35 239 42 995 39 808
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 66 610 62 961 76 300 71 698 88 027 82 409
 Middle-level occupations 112 485 100 405 126 162 110 199 137 756 122 121
 Services employee 137 701 113 076 147 125 116 842 151 615 121 771
 Blue-collar workers 85 000 66 296 87 747 65 112 86 709 66 702
  • 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 68 681 85 318 83 993
Unemployment rate in % 15,3 17,4 16,1
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 30,7 36,4 32,4
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 13,6 15,6 14,4
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,6 12,4 13,1
  • 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 28,3
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 23,9
CAP, BEP or equivalent 19,0
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 18,5
2 years at university 12,0
3 to 4 years at university 10,4
5 years and over at university 8,7
  • 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 385 049 410 191 447 987
People in work living in the area 385 193 410 181 446 967
Employment concentration indicator 100,0 100,0 100,2
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 53,1 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 385 049 100,0 410 191 100,0 447 987 100,0
Employee 323 866 84,1 339 389 82,7 368 280 82,2
 including women 164 936 42,8 175 757 42,8 190 810 42,6
 including part-time workers 70 246 18,2 73 093 17,8 73 635 16,4
Non-employee 61 183 15,9 70 802 17,3 79 707 17,8
 including women 21 094 5,5 26 108 6,4 30 637 6,8
 including part-time workers 7 307 1,9 10 407 2,5 13 389 3,0
  • 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 447 878 100,0
Farmer operators 6 334 1,4
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 41 582 9,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 82 985 18,5
Middle-level occupations 123 966 27,7
Services employee 124 319 27,8
Blue-collar workers 68 692 15,3
  • 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 1,9 1,5 1,4
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 8,2 8,8 9,3
Managers and higher intellectual professions 16,3 17,4 18,5
Middle-level occupations 26,3 27,1 27,7
Services employee 29,9 28,9 27,8
Blue-collar workers 17,5 16,2 15,3
  • 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 384 290 100,0 410 744 100,0 447 878 100,0 49,4 83,5
Agriculture 11 484 3,0 10 534 2,6 11 076 2,5 27,8 44,7
Industry 28 741 7,5 27 366 6,7 28 610 6,4 30,2 87,7
Construction 31 321 8,2 30 993 7,5 32 229 7,2 11,5 66,8
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 178 493 46,4 195 762 47,7 217 744 48,6 44,6 82,1
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 134 251 34,9 146 089 35,6 158 219 35,3 68,6 90,9
  • 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 26,9 28,4
Industry 30,2 30,5
Construction 15,1 4,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,7 39,4
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,5 59,9
  • 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.