NUTS-3 AT222 · Austria
Population
79,5792025
GDP
€3,689M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,322.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
AT222 · AT226
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Westliche Obersteiermark (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Liezen (39). Contrarian pick: Liezen — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 75).
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Westliche Obersteiermark
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Liezen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Westliche Obersteiermark · Manufacturing → Westliche Obersteiermark · Office → Liezen · Residential → Liezen.
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
38.9
40.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.3
59.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.4
59.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
55.5
49.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
24.7
42.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
66.5
66.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.0
35.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,358
€41,600
Population density
24 /km²
32 /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)
€3,317M
€3,681M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€146M
€180M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€705M
€1,160M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€565M
€976M
GVA — construction (F)
€211M
€250M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€976M
€677M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,700
€30,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,000 PPS
36,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,200
€41,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,264M
€15,264M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,445M
€3,445M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,076M
€31,076M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€682M
€657M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€597M
€756M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,243M
€3,599M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,336
€104,802
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€942M
€1,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
40,000
42,500
Self-employed persons
5,700
6,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,900
9,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
11.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.1%
5.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
39,000
47,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,105
5,328
Enterprise births
323
336
Enterprise deaths
229
236
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
2.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.1%
3.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.8%
43.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.4%
23.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
10.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.7%
94.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,335,198
1,483,584
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
626 /1k
626 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,873 kt
7,505 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
49,264
60,502
Population aged 65+
19,994
25,253
Population aged under 15
10,321
12,659
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
49.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.6%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
-2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.9 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
13.6 /1k
Live births
586
748
Deaths
918
1,343
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
32 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
69,466
76,789
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
723 /100k
723 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
954 /100k
954 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.3 /100k
4.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
753 /100k
499 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,006 m
1,095 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
138 days/yr
155 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
8 days/yr