Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Department of Vendée (85)

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 388 570 397 011 402 098
Labor force in % 73,6 75,6 76,9
 including people in work in % 67,0 67,0 69,4
 including unemployed workers in % 6,6 8,6 7,5
Economically inactive people in % 26,4 24,4 23,1
 including pupils, students or interns in % 7,2 7,5 7,8
 including retirees in % 12,3 10,9 9,4
 including other economically inactive people in % 6,8 6,0 5,8
  • 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 402 098 309 053 76,9 279 069 69,4
 15 to 24 years old 66 978 33 108 49,4 26 814 40,0
 25 to 54 years old 240 749 227 346 94,4 208 671 86,7
 55 to 64 years old 94 371 48 599 51,5 43 585 46,2
Male 201 373 158 735 78,8 145 224 72,1
 15 to 24 years old 35 264 19 395 55,0 16 140 45,8
 25 to 54 years old 120 468 115 606 96,0 107 481 89,2
 55 to 64 years old 45 641 23 734 52,0 21 603 47,3
Female 200 725 150 318 74,9 133 845 66,7
 15 to 24 years old 31 715 13 714 43,2 10 674 33,7
 25 to 54 years old 120 281 111 740 92,9 101 189 84,1
 55 to 64 years old 48 729 24 865 51,0 21 981 45,1
  • 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 69,4
Unemployed workers 7,5
Retirees 9,4
Pupils, students or interns 7,8
Other economically inactive people 5,8
  • 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 284 863 259 433 301 535 267 603 308 615 278 203
including
 Farmer operators 10 055 9 912 9 508 9 331 7 977 7 898
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 18 779 17 793 20 712 19 461 21 374 20 354
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 22 565 21 726 24 728 23 670 27 818 26 594
 Middle-level occupations 59 572 55 482 67 479 62 208 70 929 65 645
 Services employee 79 659 70 622 83 706 72 194 84 792 74 158
 Blue-collar workers 93 186 83 898 93 566 80 740 93 831 83 553
  • 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 25 559 34 210 29 984
Unemployment rate in % 8,9 11,4 9,7
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 18,0 24,6 19,0
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 7,6 9,7 8,2
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,2 10,6 10,3
  • 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 18,5
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 15,1
CAP, BEP or equivalent 10,5
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 9,4
2 years at university 6,4
3 to 4 years at university 5,7
5 years and over at university 5,6
  • 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 255 230 259 517 273 555
People in work living in the area 261 855 267 934 281 661
Employment concentration indicator 97,5 96,9 97,1
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 56,2 56,0 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 255 230 100,0 259 517 100,0 273 555 100,0
Employee 219 267 85,9 221 881 85,5 235 340 86,0
 including women 106 185 41,6 109 564 42,2 116 884 42,7
 including part-time workers 42 794 16,8 43 760 16,9 42 120 15,4
Non-employee 35 963 14,1 37 636 14,5 38 215 14,0
 including women 11 481 4,5 12 567 4,8 13 701 5,0
 including part-time workers 3 512 1,4 4 122 1,6 4 390 1,6
  • 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 273 412 100,0
Farmer operators 8 015 2,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 20 416 7,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 26 687 9,8
Middle-level occupations 63 580 23,3
Services employee 71 327 26,1
Blue-collar workers 83 386 30,5
  • 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 3,9 3,6 2,9
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,0 7,5 7,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 8,4 8,8 9,8
Middle-level occupations 20,8 22,8 23,3
Services employee 26,6 26,5 26,1
Blue-collar workers 33,3 30,8 30,5
  • 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 254 769 100,0 261 116 100,0 273 412 100,0 47,7 87,0
Agriculture 14 212 5,6 13 676 5,2 12 541 4,6 24,6 38,0
Industry 54 727 21,5 50 948 19,5 53 354 19,5 32,4 95,2
Construction 24 708 9,7 24 813 9,5 23 685 8,7 13,2 78,9
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 95 649 37,5 101 290 38,8 109 969 40,2 47,8 85,7
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 65 473 25,7 70 388 27,0 73 864 27,0 73,5 93,8
  • 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 30,9 20,7
Industry 32,5 30,0
Construction 15,0 6,6
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 48,7 42,1
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 74,5 58,5
  • 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.