Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,412M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€110M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,209M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,706M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,286M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,268M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,304M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,133M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,338M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€395M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,552M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,987M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,200
Self-employed persons
26,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
512 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
957
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
314
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
188,712
Population aged 65+
67,017
Population aged under 15
49,154
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
748 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
83.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
326 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,341 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M