{"id":1094,"date":"2014-01-16T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T11:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:11:13","slug":"6-intriguing-uk-stats-about-movingin-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/6-intriguing-uk-stats-about-movingin-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Intriguing UK Stats about Moving in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, we would like to present you some\u00a0interesting\u00a0numbers regarding the removals industry in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Office of National Statistics, the <strong><a href=\"\/move\/moving-to-london\/\">London<\/a> region had 52,000 more people leaving the metro area<\/strong> than arriving. The Yorkshire and the Humber had 2,200 more people moving to the area than leaving it.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/uk\/moving-companies\/birmingham-45754\">Birmingham<\/a> was the place with most both inbound and outbound moves.<\/p>\n<p>503,000 people moved to the UK during the year last year, compared to the 517,000 people who moved during the previous year. <strong>Less people came to the UK from abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were increases in the numbers of visas issued for the purposes of work \u00a0and for study. It turns out that <strong>most of the people who undertook an international move made the move to seek career or education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/intriguing-uk-moving-stats.jpg\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1095 lazyload\" title=\"Intriguing UK Moving Stats\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/intriguing-uk-moving-stats.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-aspectratio=\"640\/2303\" width=\"640\" height=\"2303\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/intriguing-uk-moving-stats.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/intriguing-uk-moving-stats-83x300.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/intriguing-uk-moving-stats-427x1536.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/intriguing-uk-moving-stats-569x2048.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2013 in Review: the Numbers behind the Moves<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>75% of all moves occurred within the UK. <strong>Every fourth relocation either started or ended in the UK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Two and three-bedroom home dwellers moved the most. More than 50% of the households moved were 2 or 3-bedroom homes. Commercial moves present the smallest number of all moves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most people chose Friday or Saturday as a moving day<\/strong>. Sunday seems to be slow, but actually the biggest moves would spread throughout the weekend.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1.57% of all moves happened on August, 30th<\/strong> (Friday). Second was November, 29th and the 3rd busiest day in the moving industry was August, 31st.<\/li>\n<li>August was the busiest month for removal companies. <strong>Almost every 6th move happened during August<\/strong>. And, nearly 50% of all moves occurred from August to November. February and March were the least preferred months for relocation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sources:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/migration1\/internal-migration-by-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales\/year-ending-june-2012\/stb-internal-migration-for-england-and-wales--year-ending-june-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/migration1\/internal-migration-by-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales\/year-ending-june-2012\/stb-internal-migration-for-england-and-wales&#8211;year-ending-june-2012.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/databank.worldbank.org\/data\/views\/reports\/tableview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/databank.worldbank.org\/data\/views\/reports\/tableview.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/migration1\/migration-statistics-quarterly-report\/november-2013\/msqr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/migration1\/migration-statistics-quarterly-report\/november-2013\/msqr.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, we would like to present you some\u00a0interesting\u00a0numbers regarding the removals industry in the United Kingdom. According to the Office of National Statistics, the London region had 52,000 more people leaving the metro area than arriving. The Yorkshire and the Humber had 2,200 more people moving to the area than leaving it.\u00a0Birmingham was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/6-intriguing-uk-stats-about-movingin-2013\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;6 Intriguing UK Stats about Moving in 2013&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving-news","tag-advice-for-removal-companies","entry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.removalreviews.co.uk\/move\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/moving-statistics.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Manuella 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