Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€38,131M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€887M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,650M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,240M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,738M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,813M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€28,402M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,256M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€76,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,558M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€406M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,479M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,565M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
527,400
Self-employed persons
50,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
57,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10,585
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
729
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
886,378
Population aged 65+
309,532
Population aged under 15
256,066
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
Population density (persons per km²)
218 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
342 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,292 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M