ABSTRACT
The importance of employment factors as a force precipitating movement is further emphasised by analysis of the extent to which in-migrants had changed their employment. Changes in housing type and quality generally involve upward filtering through the stock into larger houses with better facilities, though once again there are exceptions, as with the common desire of retirement migrants for a smaller, more easily managed property. Movement into local authority housing took place exclusively from the private rented sector. The various indications of the role of household movement in improving housing conditions are corroborated by the statistics on house size (households were most likely to move to a house with one extra bedroom) and amenities. Changes in tenure as a result of household movement were relatively uncommon, involving seven households in all, but resulted in gains in the local authority sector and to a lesser extent in owner-occupation, and a decline of the private rented sector.
