Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,797M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€457M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,387M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,751M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,636M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,704M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,151M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,628M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€68,404M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,525M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€545M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,567M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,046M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
309,200
Self-employed persons
48,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,323
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
463
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
171
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
427,004
Population aged 65+
187,015
Population aged under 15
103,442
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.8%
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
93 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
354 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,406 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
57 /M