Key figures
You will find in this section all the key figures on the Pays d'Aix, sorted by categories.
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The socio-demographic profile
The Pays d’Aix:
- Working population: 177,384
- Employed working population: 156,188
- 35,000 students
Aix-en-Provence:
- Working population: 64 640
- Employed working population: 55 584
- Birth rate: 11.7 and death rate 7.6 (per thousand)
- Young population: 27.5% in the 15 / 29 year old range
- Households: 44.9% of single person households
Source : INSEE RP 2012
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The Pays d’Aix :
- 52 145 establishments (CLAP, Jan 2012)
- Private payroll employment ( ACOSS 2014): 154 083 employees
- Variation of total employment in the workplace: (INSEE 2012): + 1.7% between 2007 and 2012
- 5 main centres: Aix-en-Provence, Vitrolles, Les Pennes-Mirabeau, Rousset, Pertuis contain approximately 70% of the economic fabric (18,608 enterprises)
Distribution by business sectors
- Agriculture: 2.1%
- Industry: 4.9%
- Construction: 9.7%
- Trade, transportation and services: 68.8%
- Public administration, education, health and social work: 14.5%
Source: INSEE December 2013
200 foreign businesses (2014): french, european or regional head offices:
- USA: 53
- Germany: 38
- United Kingdom: 17
- Japan: 18
Economic growth:
- Annual growth rate: 3.7% per year (2001-2006)
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Private employment:
- CPA: 146 098 jobs
- Balance: +21 745 jobs created in the last 7 years
Job figures (Jan 2012):
- Aix and Vitrolles: 3,000 additional jobs in 20 years, representing 80% increase
80% of the jobs are spread over 5 communes:
- Aix-en-Provence (49%)
- Vitrolles (18%)
- Rousset (5%)
- Les Pennes-Mirabeau (5%)
- Pertuis (3%)
Private employment per sector:
- 11.9% in industry
- 7.7% in construction
- 18.2% in sales
- 62.2% in the service sector.
70 000 jobs on the 2 700 ha of activities
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- 1 million overnight stays
- Hotel occupancy rate: 67.2%
- Number of hotels and hotel residence: 55
- Number of hotel rooms (January 2015): 3.196
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- More than 180 locations completed per year