Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,307M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€785M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,868M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,528M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,774M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,827M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€28,333M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,146M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€65,081M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,539M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,212M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,103M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,951M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
318,300
Self-employed persons
45,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
630 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,680
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
590
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
140
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
455,995
Population aged 65+
219,866
Population aged under 15
117,896
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.2%
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
116 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
411 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,218 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M