Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€28,433M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€155M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,803M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,402M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,416M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,582M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€101,220M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,922M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€188,904M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,797M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€638M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,073M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,402M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
360,600
Self-employed persons
79,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,714
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
194
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.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
554,917
Population aged 65+
221,133
Population aged under 15
106,542
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
812 /km²