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

Migration in Região Metropolitana da Foz do Rio Itajaí (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 9 municipalities, with its core in Itajaí and a reference population of 782,160 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 17,330 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +70,410.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery3,940
Periphery → core3,885
Periphery → periphery9,505
External inflows (rest of the country)119,130
External outflows (rest of the country)48,725

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Balneário Camboriú/SCCamboriú/SCPeriphery → periphery3,120
Balneário Camboriú/SCItajaí/SCPeriphery → core2,240
Itajaí/SCNavegantes/SCCore → periphery1,135
Itajaí/SCBalneário Camboriú/SCCore → periphery865
Itapema/SCPorto Belo/SCPeriphery → periphery820
Balneário Camboriú/SCItapema/SCPeriphery → periphery665
Navegantes/SCItajaí/SCPeriphery → core550
Itajaí/SCCamboriú/SCCore → periphery535
Itajaí/SCPenha/SCCore → periphery495
Itajaí/SCBalneário Piçarras/SCCore → periphery455

Commuting

Employed persons in the region416,485
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)53,695
% of commuters among employed persons12.9
Median commuting time30 min
% using public transport7.8

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 migrants17,330
... employed10,555
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)3,730
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left2,610
... now working in the core215
... working where they now live6,210

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana da Foz do Rio Itajaí

MunicipalityCoreNet migration
Itajaí/SCYes+19,940
Balneário Camboriú/SC+8,165
Balneário Piçarras/SC+4,370
Bombinhas/SC+4,125
Camboriú/SC+9,460
Itapema/SC+8,820
Navegantes/SC+7,625
Penha/SC+2,715
Porto Belo/SC+5,185

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