Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,492M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€406M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,287M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,883M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,354M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,237M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,339M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€30,350M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,823M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,275M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,933M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
289,800
Self-employed persons
28,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,983
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
602
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
514,221
Population aged 65+
157,169
Population aged under 15
156,538
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.76
Population density (persons per km²)
141 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
339 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,616 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M