Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,623M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€720M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,752M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,317M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,761M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,315M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€32,580M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€79,082M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,864M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€520M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,465M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,610M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
364,200
Self-employed persons
40,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
54.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,311
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
513
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
253
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
512,706
Population aged 65+
184,459
Population aged under 15
143,131
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.0%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
Population density (persons per km²)
117 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
433 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,269 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M