Domestic Migration

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted both domestic and international migration patterns. This briefing is intended to provide a summary of pre-pandemic domestic migration relating to London, to provide a baseline against which new data can be compared.

The Office for National Statistics provide annual data on internal migration moves into and out of each local authority in England and Wales, and for this report we used the data for the year ending mid 2020 that were released in June 2021.

Data and Resources

Domestic_Migration_briefing_int_May23.html
london_domMig_net_longit_wide.csv

Number of in-migrants, out-migrants and net migration for London between 2002...
summarised_london_origin_2020.csv

Destination local authorities (England and Wales) of migrants from London....
summarised_london_destination_2020.csv

Origin local authorities (England and Wales) of migrants to London. Numbers...
summarised_london_net_2020.csv

Net migration for London w.r.t. non-London local authorities in England and...
london_dom_mign_net_pop_2020.csv

In-migration, out-migration and net-migration by five age groups for all...
borough_classification_corrected.csv

Area-based classification for all local authorities in England and Wales. The...
london_groups_age_out_2020.csv

Domestic migration from London, categorised by age group of migrants and...
london_groups_age_in_2020.csv

Domestic migration to London, categorised by age group of migrants and...
london_groups_age_net_2020.csv

London's net domestic migration, for non-London local authorities (England...
domestic_mign_London_2020.csv

Domestic migration for each London borough. Numbers of migrants are adjusted...

Additional Info

Field	Value
Source	https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/068447ac-7fcc-4dff-92c5-3c922b30666d
Last Updated	October 7, 2025, 07:02 (UTC)
Created	June 9, 2025, 10:04 (UTC)