Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,330M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€169M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,469M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,116M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,104M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,218M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,404M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€536M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,873M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,497M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
352,800
Self-employed persons
52,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,697
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
536
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
559,407
Population aged 65+
159,950
Population aged under 15
156,867
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.6%
Crude rate of total population change
8.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
191 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
49.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
535 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,710 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M