Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€27,075M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€559M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,209M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,405M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,939M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,295M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,012M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€788M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,981M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,940M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€856M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,724M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,348M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
302,700
Self-employed persons
17,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,390
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
28.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
518 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,945
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
834
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
365,970
Population aged 65+
138,113
Population aged under 15
88,685
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
349 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,549 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M