Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€67,613M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,042M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,563M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,472M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€25,173M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
71,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€92,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,894M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,917M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€22,226M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,697M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
571,440
Self-employed persons
26,670
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,461
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
176
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
609,404
Population aged 65+
102,812
Population aged under 15
119,207
Median age of population
34.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
16.9%
Crude rate of total population change
10.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
36.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
4,753 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
54.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
6,085 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M