Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,679M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€229M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,264M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,181M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,391M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,652M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,308M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€826M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,472M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€817M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€379M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,908M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,236M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
283,240
Self-employed persons
55,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
63,370
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
419 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
528,255
Population aged 65+
133,917
Population aged under 15
147,836
Median age of population
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.4%
Crude rate of total population change
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.84
Population density (persons per km²)
90 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
47.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
96.2 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M