Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€66,068M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€26M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€21,021M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€19,745M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,694M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,084M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
105,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€21,304M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€10,937M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
548,450
Self-employed persons
32,380
Employment in manufacturing (C)
77,320
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
636 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,803
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
294
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
419,536
Population aged 65+
112,905
Population aged under 15
80,222
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
2,975 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
359 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,801 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M