Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€33,119M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€902M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€13,541M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€13,111M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,120M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,045M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
55,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€65,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€43,613M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€27,811M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€41,142M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,211M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,886M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,687M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,824M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
265,730
Self-employed persons
40,610
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,730
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
54.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
483 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,137
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
210
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
351,012
Population aged 65+
92,872
Population aged under 15
96,487
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.5%
Crude rate of total population change
20.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
53 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
212 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,155 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M