Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,805M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€393M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,844M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,438M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,928M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,153M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,497M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€12,104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€74,553M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,736M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€562M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,768M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,719M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
362,200
Self-employed persons
76,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
102,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
691 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
451,205
Population aged 65+
169,492
Population aged under 15
87,643
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.6%
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
264 /km²