Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,940M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€456M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,642M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,224M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,265M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,185M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,844M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€291M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€13,800M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,530M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€684M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,818M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€9,574M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
342,000
Self-employed persons
47,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
64.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
483 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9,022
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
998
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
575,192
Population aged 65+
142,316
Population aged under 15
186,672
Median age of population
39.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.7%
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
2.11
Population density (persons per km²)
364 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,014 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
44 /M