NUTS-3 AT312 · Austria
Linz-Wels
Linz-Wels generates €41bn of GDP across 617.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (94th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader92 → 93 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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 base94
Demographic outlook87
Freight intensity87
Resilience77
Industrial base75
Labour market62
Talent & skills57
Governance53
Connectivity53
Quality of life53
Energy cost49
Digital readiness43
Growth momentum42
Air quality26
Cost advantage6
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)
59.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.8
Livability52.6
Market access49
Economic scale93
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)
76.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability80
Labour stability92
Diversification51
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)
52.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
Airport access100
Market access49
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 tertiary48
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers37
Scientists & engineers71
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.5 µg/m³
PM1015.8 µg/m³
NO219.6 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)
52.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy94
Jobs55
Education68.5
Health61.5
Safety37
Connectivity26
Environment26
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
41.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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: Industry · 26.5%Diversified · HHI 2241
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 26.5%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 22.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 19.6%
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)
€40,652M2023
5.0% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€35,283M2025
0.5% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Population
617,1812025
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Unemployment rate
4.6%2025
21.1% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Employment
388,1002023
1.2% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Productivity / employee
€110,8402025
3.8% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Gross value added
€36,551M2023
5.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€36,551M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€204M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,683M
2023 · EU pctl 96
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,805M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — construction (F)
€2,250M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,220M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,800
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
58,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 94
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€66,400
2023 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,073M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,866M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€40,429M
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,039M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,155M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€35,283M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€110,840
2025 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,266M
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour market
Employment, total persons
388,100
2023 · EU pctl 91
Self-employed persons
28,800
2023 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,700
2023 · EU pctl 95
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.2%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.5%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
330,500
2025 · EU pctl 87
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
36,844
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
2,300
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
1,820
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 3
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,800,576
2025 · EU pctl 67
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
645 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · 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.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
31,384 kt
2025 · EU pctl 95
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
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)
405,254
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged 65+
119,958
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged under 15
91,969
2025 · EU pctl 85
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 16
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
5,584
2024 · EU pctl 88
Deaths
5,733
2024 · EU pctl 79
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
362 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 78
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
674,569
2100 · EU pctl 88
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
987 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
218 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
783 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,348 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · 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)
289 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
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.
20
2024 · EU pctl 86
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
61.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 76
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.9%
2021 · EU pctl 87
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