Migrations, 2009

Due to the financial crisis, a decreased mobility was expected for 2009 as migration had started to slow down during autumn 2008. The decrease proved to be minimal, and mobility in 2009 was at approximately the same level as in 2003-2005. It decreased considerably more during the last period of economic problems, in the early 1990s.

Small out-migration from Western Norway

The largest change in the migration pattern in 2009 was a noticeable decrease in net out-migration from Western Norway, reaching the lowest level since 1971. The net flows between the parts of the country on the whole were small in 2009 compared to the previous year. Six counties saw approximately the same number of persons moving to the county as from, and the migration surplus decreased in Oslo, Akershus and the four South-Eastern counties. Correspondingly, the net flows from Northern Norway and particularly Western Norway decreased.

Decrease in centralisation continues

Every year since the early 1980s more people have moved from peripheral to more central areas than vice versa. Even though the direction of the migration flow is stable, there are considerable variations as to how centralised the migrations are. The migration surplus of the most central municipalities has decreased over the last three years. Simultaneously, the migration deficit of the least central municipalities has also decreased. Accordingly, Norway is in the middle of a period of relatively moderate centralisation. The last period with less centralised migrations was during the downward economic trend of the early 1990s.

Tables:

• Table 1 All migrations. Internal movements and immigration/emigration, by county¹. 1966-2009
• Table 2 Migration within and between counties and between counties and foreign countries. 2009
• Table 3 All migrations. Internal movements and immigration/emigration, by sex, age of migrants and county. 2009
• Table 4 Internal migration. 1951-2009
• Table 5 Internal migration, by county. 1966-2009
• Table 6 Net migration between counties. 2009
• Table 7 Migration within and between regions. 2009
• Table 8 Net migration between regions. 2009
• Table 9 Migration within municipalities, between municipalities, between counties and between regions, by the person's age and sex. Absolute figures and age-specific rates. 2009
• Table 10 Internal migration, by sex, marital status and 5-year age groups. 2009
• Table 11 Internal migration to and from the counties, by sex and age of migrant. 2009
• Table 12 Migration to/from counties and municipalities. 2009
• Table 13 Internal migration. In-migration, out-migration and net migration. Economic region. Migration between municipalities within the same economic region are included 2009
• Table 14 Migration within municipalities. 2009
• Table 15 Internal migration, by centrality of municipalities. Migration between municipalities with the same centrality are included. The whole country. 1996-2009