Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,886M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,615M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,286M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,459M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€632M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,442M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,122M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€384M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,486M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,401M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
146,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
533 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,901
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,832
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
205,991
Population aged 65+
62,152
Population aged under 15
54,045
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53