Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,526M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,540M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,966M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,055M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,187M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,663M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,073M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
417,000
Self-employed persons
57,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,854
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
276
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
431,528
Population aged 65+
151,746
Population aged under 15
89,398
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.02
Population density (persons per km²)
1,785 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
363 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M