NUTS-3 AT331 · Austria
Population
33,9462025
GDP
€1,932M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,238.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT331 · DE244
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Außerfern (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt (39). Contrarian pick: Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Economic base (90) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Außerfern
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Außerfern leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
50.6
39.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.5
57.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
72.2
67.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
80.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.3
57.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.0
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.2
26.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.4% 5y
8.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€56,910
€52,166
Population density
27 /km²
799 /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)
€1,737M
€2,229M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€21M
€4M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€542M
€303M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€470M
€228M
GVA — construction (F)
€70M
€55M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€564M
€533M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,600
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,800 PPS
46,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,300
€52,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,208M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,027M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,187M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€310M
€474M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€231M
€859M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,699M
€2,080M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€113,937
€75,641
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€518M
€691M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,400
33,990
Self-employed persons
2,300
2,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,700
3,530
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.0%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
17,900
25,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,606
1,650
Enterprise births
172
107
Enterprise deaths
125
106
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.5%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.4%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
7.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,319,002
135,680
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
551 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,416 kt
1,604 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
61
435
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
180
930
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
15 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.
59
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
21,739
29,228
Population aged 65+
7,474
11,133
Population aged under 15
4,733
6,417
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.4%
38.1%
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.6 /1k
12.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
14.6 /1k
Live births
290
390
Deaths
290
681
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.2%
60.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
28 /km²
818 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
32,071
40,229
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.3%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.3 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.0%
13.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
601 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
859 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
196 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.9 /100k
40.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
115 /100k
181 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
753 /100k
1,398 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
37 /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)
1,455 m
552 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
183 days/yr
93 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
2 days/yr