Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,483M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€169M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,461M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,887M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,011M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,999M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,384M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,236M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,111M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,140M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,703M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
396,100
Self-employed persons
66,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
73,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
613 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,134
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
288
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
126
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
474,374
Population aged 65+
160,467
Population aged under 15
105,040
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.03
Population density (persons per km²)
260 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
149 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
295 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
65 /M