NUTS-3 AT127 · Austria
Wiener Umland/Südteil
Export region data (CSV)Wiener Umland/Südteil generates €20bn of GDP across 356.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +2.9%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (93.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (34th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.2
Livability53.7
Market access60
Economic scale81
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability40
Labour stability96
Diversification22
Demographic stability83
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)
58.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access93
Market access60
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.5 µg/m³
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO211.4 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)
53.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93.5
Jobs52
Education58.5
Health46.5
Safety45
Connectivity34
Environment46.7
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
39.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 36.6%Diversified · HHI 2470
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 20.6%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 36.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.6%Public · health · education 13.9%
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)
€18,329M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€95M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,782M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,908M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€1,244M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,708M
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
51,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,500
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
€3,952M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,548M
2023 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
192,300
2023 · EU pctl 71
Self-employed persons
20,200
2023 · EU pctl 57
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,000
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
25,574
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
1,487
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise deaths
1,339
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
50
2012 · EU pctl 76
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
157 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 66
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)
1,785,778
2025 · EU pctl 67
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.
76
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
230,413
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
74,948
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged under 15
51,314
2025 · EU pctl 66
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 50
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of total population change
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Live births
2,601
2024 · EU pctl 65
Deaths
3,637
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
247 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
571 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,054 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
181 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 43
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 81
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