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

Migration in Região Metropolitana de Curitiba (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 29 municipalities, with its core in Curitiba and a reference population of 3,560,260 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 122,325 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +10,320.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery70,190
Periphery → core15,780
Periphery → periphery36,350
External inflows (rest of the country)149,990
External outflows (rest of the country)139,670

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Curitiba/PRFazenda Rio Grande/PRCore → periphery17,350
Curitiba/PRSão José dos Pinhais/PRCore → periphery14,255
Curitiba/PRAraucária/PRCore → periphery7,470
Curitiba/PRPinhais/PRCore → periphery5,845
Curitiba/PRColombo/PRCore → periphery5,680
Curitiba/PRPiraquara/PRCore → periphery5,180
Curitiba/PRAlmirante Tamandaré/PRCore → periphery3,855
São José dos Pinhais/PRCuritiba/PRPeriphery → core3,270
Pinhais/PRPiraquara/PRPeriphery → periphery3,170
Curitiba/PRCampo Largo/PRCore → periphery2,625

Commuting

Employed persons in the region1,821,365
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)315,280
% of commuters among employed persons17.3
Median commuting time50 min
% using public transport41.0

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 migrants122,330
... employed73,045
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)35,075
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left24,525
... now working in the core5,635
... working where they now live35,090

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana de Curitiba

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