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Atlas of internal migration in Brazil 2022 Census · 2017–2022

Migration in Região Metropolitana Carbonífera (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 26 municipalities, with its core in Criciúma and a reference population of 645,360 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 25,295 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +30,755.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery7,975
Periphery → core4,790
Periphery → periphery12,535
External inflows (rest of the country)46,225
External outflows (rest of the country)15,475

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Criciúma/SCIçara/SCCore → periphery1,940
Criciúma/SCForquilhinha/SCCore → periphery1,440
Criciúma/SCBalneário Rincão/SCCore → periphery1,265
Içara/SCCriciúma/SCPeriphery → core1,060
Araranguá/SCBalneário Arroio do Silva/SCPeriphery → periphery855
Araranguá/SCCriciúma/SCPeriphery → core750
Sombrio/SCBalneário Gaivota/SCPeriphery → periphery740
Criciúma/SCAraranguá/SCCore → periphery665
Forquilhinha/SCCriciúma/SCPeriphery → core560
Içara/SCBalneário Rincão/SCPeriphery → periphery495

Commuting

Employed persons in the region330,180
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)43,725
% of commuters among employed persons13.2
Median commuting time30 min
% using public transport17.0

Migrants and work

Sum over the region's municipalities (rm_mig_pendular_resumo): among those who migrated within their own metropolitan region and were employed, where they went to work.

Intra-RM migrants25,305
... employed15,020
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)4,885
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left3,145
... now working in the core380
... working where they now live9,275

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana Carbonífera

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