SWOT Analysis - Central Europe

two groups but it is quite possible that the majority living in the city temporarily
are university students. It is also assumed that the others living elsewhere are
also mostly students, but the rate of the people living temporarily out of the
city due to work is also significant. Between the two groups there is a
significant difference. After completing the university the majority of students
leaving Pécs, but in turn those who were due to work elsewhere rarely move
back to Pécs. Since young people are involved in both cases, a very bad age
structure triggers the formation. The effect is similar to the one mentioned in
the agglomeration section previously. The moving out most of the city is
typical among the 30's, 40-year-olds who’s existential situation is stable, and
already possessing the necessary resources to build single-family houses and
the needed one or two vehicles as well.
In Hungary, the aging index of approximately 100%, i.e. there are the same
numbers of inhabitants over 65, as the 15 years of age. Pécs situation is not
much better. There are some settlements belong to the agglomeration of
Pécs where, this figure is significantly better than the national average. The
ones moving out belong to the most active age groups, and of course they
take the kids with them too, while the parents usually stay in Pécs, thereby
providing the family a kind of "double-residency".
Here, however, should take into account that the ethnic composition of the
settlements’ population also affects the index value. The vitality index shows
that out of the number of 18-59 year-olds how many per cent belong to the
age group of 18-39 years. This indicator is 53.70% of national context. The
value of the country's big cities - except for Pécs - is placed above the
national average. The vitality of the region’s county’s seat hardly differ from
each other, but all three are below the national average. The variance of the
settlements belong to the Pécs agglomeration is quite significant.
4.2 Industrial structure
Decades before the change of regime Baranya County belonged to the
major industrialized counties. Obviously the mining as well as the processing
industry selling products to the CMEA market included the food and textile