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

Migration in Região Metropolitana de Lages (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 23 municipalities, with its core in Lages and a reference population of 362,505 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 7,490 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +40.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery1,860
Periphery → core2,225
Periphery → periphery3,405
External inflows (rest of the country)16,890
External outflows (rest of the country)16,850

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Curitibanos/SCLages/SCPeriphery → core315
São Joaquim/SCLages/SCPeriphery → core280
Correia Pinto/SCLages/SCPeriphery → core275
Otacílio Costa/SCLages/SCPeriphery → core250
Lages/SCSão José do Cerrito/SCCore → periphery210
Lages/SCSão Joaquim/SCCore → periphery210
Lages/SCOtacílio Costa/SCCore → periphery205
Lages/SCCapão Alto/SCCore → periphery175
Lages/SCCorreia Pinto/SCCore → periphery165
Ponte Alta/SCCorreia Pinto/SCPeriphery → periphery160

Commuting

Employed persons in the region173,890
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)6,645
% of commuters among employed persons3.8
Median commuting time45 min
% using public transport19.0

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 migrants7,485
... employed3,885
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)335
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left195
... now working in the core25
... working where they now live3,495

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana de Lages

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