A Comparative Study of Residential Mobility Patterns and Characteristics of Households by Life Cycle Stage:Household Mobility between 2001 and 2020 in the Seoul Metropolitan Region

Abstract

This study compares and analyzes changes of housing movement patterns by stage of life cycle in the Seoul metropolitan region over the past 20 years. It also aims to understand the direction and the amount of movement by life cycle stage from the perspective of housing consumer. In addition, the reason for classifying residential mobility by stage of the life cycle is that the age of the householder, marital status, the relationship between the householder and the household member, and the age of the household member affected the change in residential mobility pattern. And the reasons for residential mobility were also evident at each stage of the life cycle, which is also related to changes in residential mobility patterns. From a macroscopic point of view, residential mobility research is an important factor in household characteristics, and few studies have been conducted by classifying the life cycle stage in detail other than the age of the head of the household. In implementing housing policies, the government expects to understand and utilize changes in residential mobility patterns at each stage of the life cycle through this study, as well as specific life cycles such as unmarried young people, newlyweds, and single-person households.