Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,446M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€470M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€593M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€265M
GVA — construction (F)
€766M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,178M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,688M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€52M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€5,209M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,730M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€155M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,133M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,306M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
268,040
Self-employed persons
58,870
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.9%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,905
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
793
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
306,876
Population aged 65+
119,035
Population aged under 15
66,836
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.8%
Crude rate of total population change
17.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
20.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
120 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
253 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,417 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
87 /M