Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€33,022M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€231M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,504M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,648M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,656M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,054M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,259M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,651M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,711M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,005M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,013M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€11,198M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,380M
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
54.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
55.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,150
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
292
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,592
Population aged 65+
137,868
Population aged under 15
122,925
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
Crude rate of total population change
4.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
364 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M