NUTS-3 AT314 · Austria
Population
158,8482025
GDP
€8,059M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,235.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
AT314 · DE145
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alb-Donau-Kreis (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Steyr-Kirchdorf (47). Contrarian pick: Steyr-Kirchdorf — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Industrial base (96) · Labour market (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (97) · Freight intensity (94)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alb-Donau-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Steyr-Kirchdorf may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Alb-Donau-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
47.4
64.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.5
57.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.9
74.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
91.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.5
69.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.8
70.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
25.8
49.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.4% 5y
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€50,734
€38,886
Population density
71 /km²
150 /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)
€7,246M
€7,187M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€173M
€127M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,070M
€2,959M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,900M
€2,690M
GVA — construction (F)
€479M
€498M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,064M
€1,119M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,100 PPS
34,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,900
€39,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,073M
€25,503M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,866M
€7,289M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,429M
€52,964M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,335M
€1,375M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,124M
€1,109M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,995M
€6,815M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€112,352
€100,955
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,035M
€2,012M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
75,900
82,190
Self-employed persons
8,600
8,510
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,000
24,120
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.2%
83.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.5%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
82,400
114,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,687
7,282
Enterprise births
537
600
Enterprise deaths
407
604
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.5%
3.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
6.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.0%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.7%
40.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.7%
47.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.7%
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.2%
11.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.9%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,094,296
592,114
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
645 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,732 kt
10,742 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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1,177
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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582
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 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.
44
51
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
101,080
128,744
Population aged 65+
34,358
41,971
Population aged under 15
23,410
31,639
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
44.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
32.6%
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
4.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.2 /1k
Live births
1,324
1,831
Deaths
1,587
2,066
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
57.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
149 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
148,245
200,589
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.6%
16.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.2%
12.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
621 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
987 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
218 /100k
195 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
11.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
120 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
639 /100k
645 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
39 /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)
689 m
669 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
115 days/yr
93 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
4 days/yr