A new map has revealed that only two of 32 London boroughs had more people move in than out of it last year. Only Bexley and Havering had more people move in than move out, according to official data from the Office of National Statistics. Newham saw the highest net moving out of people in London with 12,894 people deciding to up sticks and move elsewhere.
860,000 people left London to live somewhere else in the UK in 2023, which is 130,000 more than the 730,000 who made the move and decided to call London home that year. A similar pattern was seen in many major UK cities with net losses recorded in Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds, Leicester, Coventry, Bristol and Sheffield. The figures do not include data from those migrating from abroad, only those who decided to relocate from one part of the country to another.
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Take a look and see how people moved around the UK using our new interactive map: Bexley saw 16,320 people leave but 16,784 move in (a net increase of 464) while Havering saw 15,904 move out with 16,573 move in (a net increase of 669). These boroughs are next to each other on the east.