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

Migration in Região Metropolitana de Florianópolis (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 22 municipalities, with its core in Florianópolis and a reference population of 1,356,860 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 44,245 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +95,710.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery18,630
Periphery → core4,765
Periphery → periphery20,850
External inflows (rest of the country)155,620
External outflows (rest of the country)59,910

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Florianópolis/SCSão José/SCCore → periphery6,915
Florianópolis/SCPalhoça/SCCore → periphery6,665
São José/SCPalhoça/SCPeriphery → periphery5,200
São José/SCFlorianópolis/SCPeriphery → core2,345
Palhoça/SCSão José/SCPeriphery → periphery2,080
São José/SCBiguaçu/SCPeriphery → periphery1,860
Palhoça/SCFlorianópolis/SCPeriphery → core1,535
Florianópolis/SCBiguaçu/SCCore → periphery1,370
Biguaçu/SCSão José/SCPeriphery → periphery1,130
Palhoça/SCSanto Amaro da Imperatriz/SCPeriphery → periphery850

Commuting

Employed persons in the region719,470
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)97,180
% of commuters among employed persons13.5
Median commuting time40 min
% using public transport27.4

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 migrants44,245
... employed27,850
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)10,000
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left5,985
... now working in the core1,635
... working where they now live16,405

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana de Florianópolis

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