Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,865M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€402M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,142M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,550M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,730M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€10,753M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€20,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,145M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€198M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€15,320M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,122M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,586M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,158M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,680M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
506,700
Self-employed persons
52,380
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,270
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
659 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,207
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
530
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
654,355
Population aged 65+
179,570
Population aged under 15
149,041
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.4%
Crude rate of total population change
17.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
106 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
67.8 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M