Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,315M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,134M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,607M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,828M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,773M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,819M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€953M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,233M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€609M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,060M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,402M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
324,900
Self-employed persons
56,570
Employment in manufacturing (C)
78,120
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
467 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
98
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
453,847
Population aged 65+
124,209
Population aged under 15
108,007
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
102 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
44.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
115 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M