Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Employment area 2020 of Béthune (3205)

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 177 672 176 048 170 710
Labor force in % 66,4 68,9 70,6
 including people in work in % 56,8 57,4 59,7
 including unemployed workers in % 9,6 11,5 10,9
Economically inactive people in % 33,6 31,1 29,4
 including pupils, students or interns in % 9,6 9,4 9,9
 including retirees in % 9,8 9,1 7,3
 including other economically inactive people in % 14,1 12,6 12,2
  • 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 170 710 120 512 70,6 101 912 59,7
 15 to 24 years old 33 039 14 203 43,0 9 348 28,3
 25 to 54 years old 102 690 90 001 87,6 78 318 76,3
 55 to 64 years old 34 981 16 309 46,6 14 246 40,7
Male 85 475 64 594 75,6 55 242 64,6
 15 to 24 years old 17 279 7 951 46,0 5 242 30,3
 25 to 54 years old 51 387 48 211 93,8 42 588 82,9
 55 to 64 years old 16 809 8 433 50,2 7 411 44,1
Female 85 236 55 918 65,6 46 670 54,8
 15 to 24 years old 15 760 6 252 39,7 4 106 26,1
 25 to 54 years old 51 304 41 790 81,5 35 730 69,6
 55 to 64 years old 18 172 7 876 43,3 6 835 37,6
  • 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 59,7
Unemployed workers 10,9
Retirees 7,3
Pupils, students or interns 9,9
Other economically inactive people 12,2
  • 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 118 126 100 637 121 643 101 271 120 611 101 736
including
 Farmer operators 1 117 1 102 920 902 684 671
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 4 924 4 581 5 160 4 792 5 315 4 968
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 9 169 8 900 9 724 9 385 10 357 10 085
 Middle-level occupations 25 649 23 980 26 777 24 786 28 094 26 080
 Services employee 36 491 30 917 38 310 31 625 37 319 31 034
 Blue-collar workers 37 872 31 158 37 510 29 780 35 760 28 898
  • 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 17 126 20 286 18 600
Unemployment rate in % 14,5 16,7 15,4
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 34,5 38,6 34,2
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 11,8 14,0 13,0
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 9,1 12,4 12,6
  • 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 30,8
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 23,3
CAP, BEP or equivalent 18,2
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 14,5
2 years at university 8,2
3 to 4 years at university 6,2
5 years and over at university 4,9
  • 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 82 450 79 859 79 222
People in work living in the area 101 443 101 641 102 797
Employment concentration indicator 81,3 78,6 77,1
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 53,5 54,7 54,4
  • 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 82 450 100,0 79 859 100,0 79 222 100,0
Employee 74 470 90,3 71 630 89,7 70 799 89,4
 including women 34 391 41,7 34 775 43,5 34 884 44,0
 including part-time workers 16 336 19,8 15 850 19,8 14 893 18,8
Non-employee 7 980 9,7 8 229 10,3 8 423 10,6
 including women 3 030 3,7 3 149 3,9 3 404 4,3
 including part-time workers 687 0,8 957 1,2 1 017 1,3
  • 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 78 892 100,0
Farmer operators 704 0,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4 696 6,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 8 652 11,0
Middle-level occupations 19 915 25,2
Services employee 24 180 30,6
Blue-collar workers 20 746 26,3
  • 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 1,4 1,2 0,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5,4 5,7 6,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 9,5 9,9 11,0
Middle-level occupations 23,0 23,7 25,2
Services employee 30,8 31,4 30,6
Blue-collar workers 29,9 28,0 26,3
  • 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 82 384 100,0 79 801 100,0 78 892 100,0 48,7 90,3
Agriculture 1 678 2,0 1 444 1,8 1 276 1,6 33,3 43,1
Industry 16 825 20,4 15 423 19,3 14 175 18,0 21,9 96,6
Construction 6 565 8,0 5 752 7,2 5 619 7,1 9,7 82,6
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 27 262 33,1 26 000 32,6 26 547 33,7 48,4 85,5
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 30 053 36,5 31 182 39,1 31 275 39,6 68,8 94,7
  • 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 45,6 24,1
Industry 21,7 28,9
Construction 10,6 5,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 48,9 46,0
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 69,4 57,5
  • 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.