Where do Hungarians from Budapest move to?

Where do you think most people from Budapest move to? The answer is quite easy; next to it. Most people who move out from the capital choose its agglomeration, as some of the people who come from the countryside to work in Budapest do so as well, Hvg reports.

The most popular destinations are Érd, Szigetszentmiklós, Gyömrő, Veresegyház and Göd.

The primary reason for this, of course, is that real estate prices are more favourable in Budapest’s agglomeration than they are in the capital. Last year the cost of brick flats in the most expensive downtown districts exceeded 800,000 Forints/m² (~2400 €/m²), while in the most expensive towns of the agglomeration it was 600,000 Forints/m² (~1800 €/m²). Additionally, many cities of the agglomeration can be easily accessed by public transportation.

According to Otthon Centrum’s most recent data, except for two of the 80 towns of Budapest’s agglomeration, more people have moved into each of municipalities than they have left. The two towns where more people moved out from are Gödöllő and Százhalombatta.

We have some other interesting and some unfortunate statistics about Hungary: