NUTS-3 AT127 · Austria
Wiener Umland/Südteil
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 (33.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader90 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Economic base90
Freight intensity84
Demographic outlook66
Resilience60
Connectivity58
Talent & skills57
Labour market54
Quality of life54
Governance53
Energy cost49
Air quality45
Digital readiness45
Industrial base44
Growth momentum39
Cost advantage3
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
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)
58.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density22
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
Connectivity33.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€20,385M2023
7.1% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€17,370M2025
0.5% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Population
356,6752025
0.3% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Unemployment rate
4.3%2025
2.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Employment
192,3002023
1.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Productivity / employee
€113,9532025
3.8% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Gross value added
€18,329M2023
7.5% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,370M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€113,953
2025 · EU pctl 91
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,212M
2025 · EU pctl 84
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
184,500
2025 · EU pctl 69
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 47 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,270 kt
2025 · EU pctl 84
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
75
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
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 65
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 26
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
304,649
2100 · EU pctl 66
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
636 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
2022 · EU pctl 54
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
2022 · EU pctl 49
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
2022 · EU pctl 88
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
2022 · EU pctl 40
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
2022 · EU pctl 79
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 51
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 35
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
48.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
10.0%
2021 · EU pctl 87
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