Working Paper 62: Migration and commuting

• The migration data show that contrary to common popular perception, London has a constant net outflow of domestic migrants to other regions, the majority of whom move to neighbouring regions.
• London is generally a net supplier of people in managerial and professional occupations to the rest of the UK.
• Relative to Londoners who work in London, in-commuters* are more likely to work full-time, be in professional or managerial jobs, and work in one of the principal sectors of the London economy, such as the financial services sector. In-commuters account for just under a fifth of employment in the capital.

* in-commuters here refer just to those individuals who reside outside the boundaries of Greater London and travel into London in order to work.