Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€40,432M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€844M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€14,896M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,361M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,336M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,682M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€79,048M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,258M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€82,802M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,587M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,155M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,716M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,958M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
324,030
Self-employed persons
47,870
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
63.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
70.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
426 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,892
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
240
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
517,246
Population aged 65+
112,725
Population aged under 15
157,316
Median age of population
39.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
21.8%
Crude rate of total population change
6.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.80
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,175 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M