Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€60,813M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€24,612M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€23,824M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,406M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€12,653M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
91,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,886M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,297M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,662M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,469M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
386,450
Self-employed persons
13,530
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,560
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,036
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
350
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
373,428
Population aged 65+
107,760
Population aged under 15
100,909
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.9%
Crude rate of total population change
16.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
1,750 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,051 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M