Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,923M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€103M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,709M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,012M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,420M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,921M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,264M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,445M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,076M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,199M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,570M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
295,900
Self-employed persons
27,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
626 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
318,525
Population aged 65+
86,289
Population aged under 15
65,154
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.1%
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
391 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
690 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M