This news release presents preliminary results of the National Population and Housing Census 2021 regarding the situation of persons on the labour market in Opolskie Voivodship. The observation period was the week preceding critical moment of the census, i.e. 25-31 March 2021 and the study covered persons aged 15 years and more. Compared to the results of the 2011 Census, there was an increase in the number of employed persons of 8.9% and a decrease in the number of unemployed persons of 71.4%.