Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,437M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€330M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,259M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,116M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,431M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,593M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,304M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,739M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,507M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,964M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,860M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,700
Self-employed persons
53,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
65.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
69.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
45.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
685 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,560
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
214
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
474,378
Population aged 65+
127,263
Population aged under 15
126,386
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
299 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
286 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M