Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,323M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€224M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,167M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,798M
GVA — construction (F)
€734M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,307M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,015M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€579M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,470M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,206M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€195M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,636M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,255M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,440
Self-employed persons
47,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,484
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
529
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
533,511
Population aged 65+
194,140
Population aged under 15
120,856
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
16.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
Population density (persons per km²)
558 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
830 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M