NUTS-3 AT225 · Austria
Population
200,2162025
GDP
€7,670M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,297.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT225 · ES423
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: West- und Südsteiermark (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Cuenca (43). Contrarian pick: Cuenca — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Freight intensity (77) · Resilience (74)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
#2Cuenca
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick West- und Südsteiermark
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Cuenca may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Cuenca · Manufacturing → West- und Südsteiermark · Office → West- und Südsteiermark · Residential → West- und Südsteiermark.
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
48.4
43.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
73.8
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.6
39.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
29.0
16.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.0
19.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
66.5
45.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.0
68.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
4.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,307
€29,320
Population density
87 /km²
12 /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)
€6,896M
€5,347M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€211M
€704M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,283M
€1,226M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,559M
€541M
GVA — construction (F)
€637M
€322M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,123M
€1,257M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,700
€15,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,000 PPS
33,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,400
€29,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,264M
€9,963M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,445M
€1,892M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,076M
€23,774M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,531M
€818M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,112M
€1,020M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,743M
€5,219M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,299
€74,451
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,957M
€1,260M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
83,200
85,000
Self-employed persons
14,200
17,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,900
10,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
27.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.0%
12.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
100,600
97,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,445
13,584
Enterprise births
843
955
Enterprise deaths
611
909
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.1%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
33.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.8%
47.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
14.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.4%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
5.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.7%
96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
756,298
964,798
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
626 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,483 kt
16,629 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
59
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
30
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
136
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
127,215
129,115
Population aged 65+
46,620
47,166
Population aged under 15
26,381
23,578
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
47.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
36.5%
Crude rate of total population change
0.1 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
1,407
1,322
Deaths
2,146
2,335
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.22
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
12 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
171,137
112,700
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
34.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
25.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
723 /100k
236 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
954 /100k
837 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.5 /100k
30.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
337 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
458 /100k
152 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
607 m
1,045 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
53 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
3 days/yr