Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€36,551M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€204M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,683M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,805M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,250M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,220M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
58,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€66,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,073M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,866M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,429M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,039M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,155M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
388,100
Self-employed persons
28,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
645 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
25
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
405,254
Population aged 65+
119,958
Population aged under 15
91,969
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.6%
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
362 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
783 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,348 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M