Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,920M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€275M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,199M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,038M
GVA — construction (F)
€983M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,646M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€7,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€620M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,735M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,223M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,590M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,311M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,507M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
398,070
Self-employed persons
136,670
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,490
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
13.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
344 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
691
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
496,753
Population aged 65+
134,359
Population aged under 15
149,159
Median age of population
38.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.0%
Crude rate of total population change
2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
144 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
481 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
87 /M