NUTS-3 AT127 · Austria
Population
356,6752025
GDP
€20,385M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,477.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
AT127 · DEA27
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rhein-Erft-Kreis (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Wiener Umland/Südteil (59). Contrarian pick: Wiener Umland/Südteil — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Economic base (90) · Freight intensity (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 25) — Wiener Umland/Südteil may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Rhein-Erft-Kreis leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
58.5
72.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.3
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.7
61.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
45.3
56.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.3
77.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.8
70.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.2
49.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.5% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€57,154
€42,268
Population density
241 /km²
679 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,329M
€18,454M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€95M
€120M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,782M
€5,690M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,908M
€2,957M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,244M
€813M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,708M
€4,515M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,600
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,000 PPS
37,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,500
€42,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€18,609M
€34,670M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,844M
€6,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,602M
€125,036M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,952M
€3,929M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,548M
€3,387M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,370M
€17,262M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€113,953
€104,387
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,212M
€3,084M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
192,300
204,680
Self-employed persons
20,200
19,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,000
25,920
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.4%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.0%
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
184,500
247,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,574
17,569
Enterprise births
1,487
1,607
Enterprise deaths
1,339
1,611
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
4.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
6.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
38.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.5%
46.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
10.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,785,778
947,493
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
663 /1k
585 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,270 kt
21,625 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
75
2,308
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
21
483
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
230,413
301,995
Population aged 65+
74,948
105,888
Population aged under 15
51,314
70,105
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
35.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.2 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
2,601
3,965
Deaths
3,637
5,809
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
247 /km²
682 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
304,649
519,699
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
23.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
81.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.0%
17.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
636 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,047 /100k
1,020 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.9 /100k
43.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
571 /100k
336 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,054 /100k
1,331 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
181 m
74 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
39 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr