Datasheet NUTS-3 regions
Westliche Obersteiermark
Murau and the River Mur (Image: Urlaubsregion Murtal)
Westliche Obersteiermark <> Bozen/Bolzano
POPULATION
Population (End of the year 2005) 107028 482650
Population change 1995-2005 -5.0% +7.6%
 
Population density
Inhabitants per km² 2005 35.0 65.2
Inhabitants per km² of permanent settled areas 2005 170.4 404.6
 
Age Structure population pyramid population pyramid
Children and juveniles per 100 seniors 2005 79.0 102.6
Seniors per 100 adults 2005 22.6 20.0
 
ECONOMY
Economic structure
Percentage of agricultural jobs 8.5% 9.4%
Percentage of industrial jobs 34.1% 25.8%
Percentage of service-jobs 57.3% 64.8%
 
Gross domestic product (GDP)
GDP per capita (2002) 20823€ 32279€
GDP in power purchasing parities per capita (2002) 19717 33783
 
Unemployment
Unemployment rate (2005) 4.2% 2.7%
 
TOURISM
Overnight stays (2005) 936724 25698308
Maximum of present persons in % of the resident population 2005 112.7% 144.6%