A Study on the Influence Factors on Residential Mobility Plan to Non-Capital Area of Households in Capital Area

Abstract

The residential mobility of households to the metropolitan area has led to the rapid rise in house prices, traffic congestion, and environmental problems in urbanized locations. On the other hand, in the case of non-metropolitan areas, there are many problems due to population decline and a shrinking urban scale. To solve such urban problems, it is necessary to explore residential mobility. This study empirically analyzed the factors affecting the residential mobility plan of households in the capital area, and migration to the non-capital area through the five-year Korea Housing Survey. According to the results of this study, the characteristics of households that are planning to move to non-capital areas are as follows: Rental households in the capital area, households without school-aged children, households with a low living cost compared to living expenses, and households that are planning to own a house. Considering that these characteristics were significant, while the age of the household resident and other household characteristics were not significant, it can be implied that, in the case of the non-capital area, residential mobility is not due to the voluntary choice of households to reside in the capital area. Rather it is because households face housing instability due to their economic capacity and current lease situation, thus they choose to move to a non-capital area in the hopes of a stable residential life through the ownership of a house. This is a result of the need to differentiate the housing policy in the non-capital area from that in the capital area.