Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€34,559M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,083M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,479M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,842M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,080M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,612M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,490M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€75,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,056M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€719M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,159M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,144M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
465,200
Self-employed persons
103,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
83,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
680 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
593,579
Population aged 65+
218,996
Population aged under 15
116,047
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
319 /km²