Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€82,686M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,933M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,837M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,602M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€24,909M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
107,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€120,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€36,304M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,930M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
761,090
Self-employed persons
42,980
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,890
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,956
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
391
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
528,969
Population aged 65+
120,486
Population aged under 15
106,566
Median age of population
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
22.8%
Crude rate of total population change
8.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
42.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
3,073 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
170 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
594 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,826 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M