Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,938M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€510M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,534M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,727M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,606M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,151M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,352M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,573M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€39,199M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,698M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€249M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,287M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,852M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
298,100
Self-employed persons
30,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.0%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,242
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
421
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,311
Population aged 65+
172,043
Population aged under 15
123,419
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
220 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
291 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,255 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M