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

Migration in Região Metropolitana do Contestado (2017–2022)

Metropolitan region (RM) made up of 45 municipalities, with its core in Concórdia and a reference population of 539,290 people. In the 2017–2022 five-year period there were 18,930 migrations within the region itself (among its municipalities) and an external net migration (with the rest of the country) of +5,025.

Core × periphery matrix (intra-metropolitan migration)

Core → periphery1,420
Periphery → core1,235
Periphery → periphery16,275
External inflows (rest of the country)27,800
External outflows (rest of the country)22,775

Top 10 intra-RM migration flows

OriginDestinationFlow typePeople
Herval d'Oeste/SCJoaçaba/SCPeriphery → periphery440
Fraiburgo/SCVideira/SCPeriphery → periphery355
Capinzal/SCOuro/SCPeriphery → periphery350
Joaçaba/SCHerval d'Oeste/SCPeriphery → periphery350
Caçador/SCVideira/SCPeriphery → periphery325
Capinzal/SCZortéa/SCPeriphery → periphery310
Tangará/SCVideira/SCPeriphery → periphery225
Videira/SCRio das Antas/SCPeriphery → periphery210
Lebon Régis/SCCaçador/SCPeriphery → periphery205
Capinzal/SCPiratuba/SCPeriphery → periphery185

Commuting

Employed persons in the region276,195
Commuters (work outside their municipality of residence)24,440
% of commuters among employed persons8.8
Median commuting time30 min
% using public transport30.0

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 migrants18,940
... employed11,370
... commuting (work outside where they moved to)2,460
... going back to work in the origin municipality they left1,315
... now working in the core35
... working where they now live8,645

Municipalities of Região Metropolitana do Contestado

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