Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€31,822M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€729M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,084M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,139M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,121M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,359M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,563M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,779M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,530M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,083M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,920M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,360M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,169M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
613,460
Self-employed persons
86,340
Employment in manufacturing (C)
132,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,777
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
633
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
113
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
780,610
Population aged 65+
253,648
Population aged under 15
195,085
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
175 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
298 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
269 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
63 /M