Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€43,206M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€422M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,007M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,861M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,644M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,028M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,261M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,354M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,022M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,365M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,511M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€10,594M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,512M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
540,400
Self-employed persons
46,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
60,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,652
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
448
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
767,636
Population aged 65+
279,885
Population aged under 15
214,008
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.5%
Crude rate of total population change
0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
Population density (persons per km²)
202 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
75.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
375 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,804 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M