Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€63,921M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,571M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,526M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€15,724M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
73,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€101,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,753M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€831M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€65,746M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,676M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,027M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€24,581M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€17,127M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
496,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
21.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
37.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
494 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,876
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
259
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
517,246
Population aged 65+
96,968
Population aged under 15
110,076
Median age of population
36.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
18.7%
Crude rate of total population change
9.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
40.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33