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Steyr-Kirchdorf

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Steyr-Kirchdorf generates €8.1bn of GDP across 158.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (91.7th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (43th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26
Livability65.9
Market access47
Economic scale51
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 stability69
Labour stability92
Diversification13
Demographic stability67
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density
Airport access62
Market access47
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)
91
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.9 µg/m³
PM109.2 µg/m³
NO26.5 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)
65.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy88.5
Jobs55
Education68.5
Health61.5
Safety53
Connectivity43
Environment91.7
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
26
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 42.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2640
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 42.4%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 14.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.4%Public · health · education 15.5%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,246M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€173M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,070M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,900M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€479M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,064M
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
45,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 83
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,900
2023 · EU pctl 84
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)
€1,335M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,124M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
75,900
2023 · EU pctl 33
Self-employed persons
8,600
2023 · EU pctl 30
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,000
2023 · EU pctl 61
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,687
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise births
537
2023 · EU pctl 27
Enterprise deaths
407
2023 · EU pctl 22
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
37
2012 · EU pctl 70
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
243 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 81
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
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)
1,094,296
2025 · EU pctl 55
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
645 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
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)
101,080
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
34,358
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
23,410
2025 · EU pctl 35
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 38
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,324
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
1,587
2024 · EU pctl 23
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.6%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
622 /100k
2023 · 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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
639 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
689 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
115 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 3
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 13
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 75
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