Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,635M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,009M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,443M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,447M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,946M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,003M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,337M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€25,600M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,881M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,343M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
488,500
Self-employed persons
90,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
49,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
442,378
Population aged 65+
138,241
Population aged under 15
91,781
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.2%
Crude rate of total population change
2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.94
Population density (persons per km²)
2,348 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
296 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
733 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M