South East proving the most popular region

Significant population movements across the UK

Figures released by Halifax Bank of Scotland on January 8, 2009, have revealed 2.2 million people moved to the South-East in the last decade. The figures also showed how, during the same period, some 1.6 million people moved to London from elsewhere in the UK, and almost 2 million people moved out of London to other parts of the UK.

Martin Ellis, chief economist at Halifax, said, “There have been significant population movements across the UK over the past ten years. Regions in southern England saw the largest gain from internal migration with the South East proving the most popular region for people to move to from elsewhere in the UK.”

London's population has risen by around 370,000 over the last decade, despite the numbers of people moving out to the suburbs and elsewhere. This was because London has seen by far the biggest level of international migration with 1.8 million more people moving from abroad, making up the number of those who have moved from the capital to live elsewhere in the UK.

London also saw 1.6 million people, the second highest level of people from within the UK, relocate to the capital. Regions which saw an overall reduction in their populations were the North-East and North-West.

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