Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€49,947M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€272M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,398M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€955M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,297M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,535M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€60,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,955M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,829M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€15,639M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€18,675M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
516,000
Self-employed persons
97,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
440 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,474
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
160
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
613,952
Population aged 65+
163,136
Population aged under 15
146,405
Median age of population
40.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.6%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
3,554 /km²