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

Migration in Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 27 municipalities, with its core in Sorocaba and a reference population of 2,174,525 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 49,850 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +62,450.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery14,030
Periphery → core12,345
Periphery → periphery23,475
External inflows (rest of the country)125,260
External outflows (rest of the country)62,805

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Sorocaba/SPVotorantim/SPCore → periphery4,490
Itu/SPSalto/SPPeriphery → periphery2,280
Votorantim/SPSorocaba/SPPeriphery → core2,150
Itu/SPSorocaba/SPPeriphery → core1,770
Sorocaba/SPIperó/SPCore → periphery1,690
Sorocaba/SPAraçoiaba da Serra/SPCore → periphery1,395
Sorocaba/SPSalto de Pirapora/SPCore → periphery1,140
Araçoiaba da Serra/SPSorocaba/SPPeriphery → core970
Mairinque/SPSão Roque/SPPeriphery → periphery970
Mairinque/SPSorocaba/SPPeriphery → core880

Commuting

Employed persons in the region1,039,815
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)127,630
% of commuters among employed persons12.3
Median commuting time40 min
% using public transport30.7

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 migrants49,855
... employed28,020
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)9,600
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left6,475
... now working in the core760
... working where they now live17,625

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba

MunicipalityCoreNet migration
Sorocaba/SPYes+21,250
Alambari/SP+790
Alumínio/SP−180
Araçariguama/SP+485
Araçoiaba da Serra/SP+1,720
Boituva/SP+2,685
Capela do Alto/SP+1,990
Cerquilho/SP+960
Cesário Lange/SP+1,205
Ibiúna/SP+1,210
Iperó/SP+5,240
Itapetininga/SP+1,715
Itu/SP−1,140
Jumirim/SP+75
Mairinque/SP+745
Piedade/SP+770
Pilar do Sul/SP−200
Porto Feliz/SP+1,635
Salto/SP+8,135
Salto de Pirapora/SP+2,140
Sarapuí/SP+670
São Miguel Arcanjo/SP−1,495
São Roque/SP+1,625
Tapiraí/SP+515
Tatuí/SP+3,735
Tietê/SP−530
Votorantim/SP+6,705

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