Interregional migration 1991-2001

England and Wales

Emily Grundy and Rachel Stuchbury

CeLSIUS

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The ONS Longitudinal Study

• Census data for individuals selected at the 1971 Census

• approx. 1% sample of population of England & Wales

• information from later censuses added (1981, 1991, 2001)

• sample replenished from immigrants and new births

• linked event data including death of the spouse of sample members and deaths of sample members.

• exits from LS are by death or recorded emigration. All records are retained.

Interregional migration: definition of terms

Unit of analysis: person aged 15+ in 1991, present at 1991 Census and 2001 Census (of England and Wales)

Geographical location: address of usual residence

Region: Government Office Region plus Wales (1991 data recoded for compatibility with 2001) – but including London within South East.

Therefore

Migration: region of address of usual residence differs between 1991 and 2001 (but people may have moved more than once)

Government Office Regions

•North East

•North West

•Yorkshire and the Humber

•East Midlands

•West Midlands

•East of England

•South East plus London

•South West

•Wales

Government Office RegionsSource: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/maps.asp

Region of residence in 2001 by region of residence in 1991, people aged 15 or over in 1991, England and Wales

Region in 1991

Region 2001

NE NW Yorks/

Humb

E Mid W Mid East SE SW Wales Total

NE 15,887 109 172 46 53 84 197 41 18 16,607

NW 140 41,048 348 218 280 173 546 162 186 43,101

Yorks/H 267 400 30,464 350 175 195 501 133 64 32,549

E Mid 103 319 559 24,709 476 472 861 224 72 27,795

W Mid 68 295 149 315 32,398 198 615 280 201 34,519

East 90 231 236 363 196 30,782 2,968 299 124 35,289

SE 264 683 506 603 688 1,683 82,344 1,261 395 88,427

SW 84 310 191 246 500 439 2,339 28,892 274 33,275

Wales 23 338 74 68 247 88 423 191 17,351 18,803

Total 16,926 43,733 32,699 26,918 35,013 34,114 90,794 31,483 18,685 330,365

Percentages of adult population migrating to and from each region between 1991 and 2001, England and Wales

% from % to % from % to

NE 0.3 0.2 East 1.0 1.4

NW 0.8 0.6 SE 2.6 1.8

Yorks/H 0.7 0.6 SW 0.8 1.3

E Mid 0.7 0.9 Wales 0.4 0.4

W Mid 0.8 0.6 E & W 8.0 8.0

Percentage change 1991-2001 by region, in (a) whole population and (b) ONS LS sample aged 15+ in 1991

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Population

Sample

Sources: ONS estimates of resident population made in mid-2003; ONS Longitudinal Study accessed July 2007

Percentages of people aged 15-29 and 45-59 migrating to new region between 1991 and 2001, by region of origin

Region in 1991

15-29 years

45-59 years

15-29 years

45-59 years

NE 13 3 East 18 6

NW 12 3 SE 14 7

Yorks/H 13 3 SW 16 4

E Mid 15 4 Wales 14 3

W Mid 14 4 E & W 14 5

Migrants aged 15+ by region of destination: percentage(a) working in Class I jobs or (b) retired, in 2001

Class I Retired Class I Retired

NE 14 20 East 17 22

NW 16 16 SE 23 13

Yorks/H 17 16 SW 12 28

E Mid 15 20 Wales 11 28

W Mid 18 18 E & W 17 20

Percentage migrating between 1991 and 2001, by household employment status in 1991

Region in 1991

At least one person in household employed in

1991

Noone in household employed in 1991

E & W 7 7

E Mid 7 9

SE 9 8

SW 7 9

Region in 2001 by age group in 1991: people who had migrated to a new region by 2001 (total %)

15-29 yrs 30-44 yrs 45-59 yrs 60+ yrs

NE 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.2

NW 4.4 1.9 0.9 0.5

Yorks/H 4.1 2.2 1.0 0.6

E Mid 5.7 3.1 1.7 1.1

W Mid 4.0 2.3 1.0 0.7

East 7.9 4.4 2.6 2.1

SE 14.5 4.7 2.0 1.7

SW 6.2 4.6 3.4 2.3 =

Wales 2.2 1.6 1.1 0.6 100%

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