Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,466M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€417M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,027M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,611M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,235M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,252M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,687M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,149M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,415M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,163M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€304M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,762M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,775M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
289,500
Self-employed persons
73,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
48,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
774 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
160
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
25
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)
393,337
Population aged 65+
170,641
Population aged under 15
72,210
Median age of population
50.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²