Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€73,351M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€24M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,181M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,191M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,011M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€19,697M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
70,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€78,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€34,670M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€6,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€125,036M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€24,455M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€16,984M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
811,610
Self-employed persons
57,120
Employment in manufacturing (C)
54,330
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
585 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,338
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
326
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
704,094
Population aged 65+
184,849
Population aged under 15
135,678
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.3%
Crude rate of total population change
0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
45.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
Population density (persons per km²)
2,641 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
132 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
806 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,462 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M