Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€78,467M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€181M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,476M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,415M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,849M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€15,282M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€41,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
97,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€127,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,250M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€532M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,153M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,996M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€38,484M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€16,197M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
516,030
Self-employed persons
30,480
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,570
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
55.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
65.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
45.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
670 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,672
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
392
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
471,208
Population aged 65+
103,889
Population aged under 15
106,876
Median age of population
39.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
22.0%
Crude rate of total population change
14.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
262 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
101 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
634 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,520 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
26 /M