Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Arrondissement of Montpellier (343)

Detailed figures

Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 413 502 434 170 459 548
Labor force in % 66,8 69,1 70,5
 including people in work in % 56,8 57,2 58,7
 including unemployed workers in % 10,0 11,9 11,8
Economically inactive people in % 33,2 30,9 29,5
 including pupils, students or interns in % 15,4 15,1 15,2
 including retirees in % 7,7 6,7 4,9
 including other economically inactive people in % 10,2 9,2 9,3
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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 459 548 323 958 70,5 269 589 58,7
 15 to 24 years old 107 981 36 931 34,2 24 695 22,9
 25 to 54 years old 272 129 240 406 88,3 204 458 75,1
 55 to 64 years old 79 438 46 622 58,7 40 436 50,9
Male 221 539 162 889 73,5 135 957 61,4
 15 to 24 years old 52 823 19 158 36,3 12 615 23,9
 25 to 54 years old 132 360 121 132 91,5 103 790 78,4
 55 to 64 years old 36 356 22 598 62,2 19 553 53,8
Female 238 009 161 070 67,7 133 632 56,1
 15 to 24 years old 55 158 17 772 32,2 12 080 21,9
 25 to 54 years old 139 770 119 274 85,3 100 668 72,0
 55 to 64 years old 43 082 24 023 55,8 20 884 48,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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 58,7
Unemployed workers 11,8
Retirees 4,9
Pupils, students or interns 15,2
Other economically inactive people 9,3
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 including people in work 2013 including people in work 2019 including people in work
Altogether 275 421 234 222 299 787 247 973 324 869 270 563
including
 Farmer operators 1 968 1 912 1 742 1 674 1 566 1 530
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 17 960 16 264 20 538 18 518 23 230 21 222
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 47 483 44 874 54 210 51 024 62 603 58 604
 Middle-level occupations 72 891 64 855 81 434 70 872 88 954 77 938
 Services employee 83 280 68 362 87 502 69 377 91 490 73 249
 Blue-collar workers 47 948 37 955 48 972 36 507 50 326 38 020
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 41 328 51 694 54 369
Unemployment rate in % 15,0 17,2 16,8
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 27,7 35,2 33,1
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 13,6 15,3 15,0
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 10,4 11,1 13,3
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

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 29,0
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 25,0
CAP, BEP or equivalent 19,8
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 20,4
2 years at university 12,9
3 to 4 years at university 11,6
5 years and over at university 9,9
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 255 911 273 125 299 279
People in work living in the area 236 768 251 533 274 259
Employment concentration indicator 108,1 108,6 109,1
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 54,4 55,3 55,1
  • 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, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 255 911 100,0 273 125 100,0 299 279 100,0
Employee 221 651 86,6 231 693 84,8 252 239 84,3
 including women 112 085 43,8 118 783 43,5 128 835 43,0
 including part-time workers 45 962 18,0 47 314 17,3 49 066 16,4
Non-employee 34 261 13,4 41 432 15,2 47 040 15,7
 including women 11 576 4,5 15 257 5,6 18 135 6,1
 including part-time workers 4 067 1,6 5 995 2,2 8 119 2,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 299 699 100,0
Farmer operators 1 728 0,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 23 708 7,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 64 839 21,6
Middle-level occupations 86 967 29,0
Services employee 80 028 26,7
Blue-collar workers 42 430 14,2
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 0,8 0,6 0,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 6,9 7,4 7,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 19,2 20,7 21,6
Middle-level occupations 27,8 28,8 29,0
Services employee 29,1 27,6 26,7
Blue-collar workers 16,2 14,8 14,2
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 254 136 100,0 272 780 100,0 299 699 100,0 49,0 85,7
Agriculture 3 786 1,5 3 444 1,3 3 449 1,2 26,4 52,4
Industry 17 789 7,0 16 813 6,2 17 816 5,9 30,8 89,6
Construction 18 805 7,4 18 739 6,9 19 887 6,6 12,2 70,4
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 123 932 48,8 137 940 50,6 153 114 51,1 43,7 84,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 89 824 35,3 95 844 35,1 105 432 35,2 67,5 91,2
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 29,5 23,0
Industry 30,4 34,4
Construction 15,0 5,5
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 44,8 37,6
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,2 59,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.