Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€34,931M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€965M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,649M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,208M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,808M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,007M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,238M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€73,167M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,504M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€784M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,243M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,990M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
368,700
Self-employed persons
58,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
54.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
565 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,268
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.
44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
413,146
Population aged 65+
146,865
Population aged under 15
93,944
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
528 /km²