Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,227M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€137M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,961M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,187M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,011M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,754M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,196M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,730M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,032M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€846M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,823M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,948M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,700
Self-employed persons
50,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
22.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
545 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,962
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
327
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.
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
369,339
Population aged 65+
158,360
Population aged under 15
72,450
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
922 /km²