Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,239M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€275M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,148M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,574M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,308M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,076M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,591M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,415M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,857M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,585M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€635M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,363M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,070M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
291,400
Self-employed persons
34,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,240
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
789
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
405,808
Population aged 65+
157,975
Population aged under 15
100,535
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,566 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M