Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,145M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€32M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,735M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,100M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,181M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,652M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
52,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,329M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€461M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,255M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,092M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,634M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,332M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,213M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
387,180
Self-employed persons
32,030
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,510
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
51.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
58.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
41.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
511 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,101
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
270
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
502,831
Population aged 65+
161,220
Population aged under 15
113,308
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
Crude rate of total population change
6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
453 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M