Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€35,168M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€499M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,668M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,075M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,247M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,239M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,490M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€75,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,045M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,208M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,198M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,316M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
468,500
Self-employed persons
109,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
103,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
680 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
129
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
594,259
Population aged 65+
229,714
Population aged under 15
108,311
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
443 /km²