NUTS-3 AT211 · Austria
Population
298,7212025
GDP
€16,746M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,030.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT211 · DE719
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Main-Kinzig-Kreis (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Klagenfurt-Villach (57). Contrarian pick: Klagenfurt-Villach — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 89).
Strengths
Quality of life (67) · Connectivity (64)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Economic base (89) · Industrial base (72)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Klagenfurt-Villach may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Main-Kinzig-Kreis · Manufacturing → Klagenfurt-Villach · Office → Main-Kinzig-Kreis · Residential → Main-Kinzig-Kreis.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
57.3
64.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
61.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.5
66.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
24.0
62.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.3
64.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.8
34.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,060
€40,005
Population density
147 /km²
302 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,057M
€15,381M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
€62M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,472M
€3,546M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,446M
€3,051M
GVA — construction (F)
€842M
€1,078M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,998M
€3,543M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,000 PPS
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
€40,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,146M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,987M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,640M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,206M
€4,195M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,449M
€2,957M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,855M
€14,992M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,489
€94,371
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,328M
€3,278M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,100
189,910
Self-employed persons
18,600
18,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,500
32,570
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
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6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,100
214,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,494
16,394
Enterprise births
1,316
1,554
Enterprise deaths
1,110
1,596
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.0%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
9.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
89.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,999,713
821,698
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
661 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,663 kt
11,335 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
13
2,858
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
679
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
190,504
264,961
Population aged 65+
69,344
94,991
Population aged under 15
38,873
60,962
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
46.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
35.9%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
11.6 /1k
Live births
2,170
3,634
Deaths
3,224
4,874
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
152 /km²
301 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,876
413,005
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.2%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
16.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
768 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
953 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
221 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
30.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
538 /100k
217 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,087 /100k
765 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
470 m
265 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
70 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
4 days/yr