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HBOS reveals 2.2 million people moved to the South-East in a decade

Thursday, 8 January 2009 10:01 AM

By Sarah Garrod

Figures released by Halifax Bank of Scotland have revealed 2.2 million people moved to 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 the capital has seen by far the biggest level of international migration with 1.8 million more people moving to London from abroad making up the number of those who have moved from the capital to live elsewhere in the UK.

London also saw the second largest level influx of people from within the UK as 1.6 million people relocated to the capital.

Those regions which saw an overall decline in their populations were the North-East and North-West. London, unsurprisingly, saw the largest increase in overall population.

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