NUTS-3 AT123 · Austria
Sankt Pölten
Export region data (CSV)Sankt Pölten generates €8.4bn of GDP across 163k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (91th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (27th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.8
Livability47.8
Market access53
Economic scale53
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
86.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability99
Labour stability96
Diversification62
Demographic stability88
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
Airport access41
Market access53
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary44
Lifelong learning69
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers61
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
30.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1015.8 µg/m³
NO216.6 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
47.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy91
Jobs52
Education58.5
Health46.5
Safety28
Connectivity27
Environment31.3
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
47.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 2176
Agriculture 2%Industry 16%Construction 8.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.7%Public · health · education 27.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,587M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,217M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€948M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — construction (F)
€640M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,453M
2023 · EU pctl 50
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€31,600
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 85
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,300
2023 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€18,609M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,844M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€35,602M
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,025M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,098M
2023 · EU pctl 63
Labour market
Employment, total persons
90,800
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
8,900
2023 · EU pctl 32
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,900
2023 · EU pctl 32
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.4%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,361
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise births
541
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
460
2023 · EU pctl 25
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 2
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
10
2012 · EU pctl 39
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 44
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
385,545
2025 · EU pctl 26
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
663 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
105,417
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
33,854
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged under 15
23,769
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,294
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
1,618
2024 · EU pctl 24
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
134 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 51
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
647 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,047 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
623 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
392 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 59
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 74
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 40
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