Migration stats show thousands more are moving to Kent than moving outOnly three parts of Kent saw more people leave than arrive in the latest statisticsView Image Maidstone was the most popular part of Kent for people to move to (Image: Geograph)Thousands more people are choosing to move to Kent than are packing up and quitting our area for somewhere new. ‌That’s a net population gain of almost 10,000 people who moved to Kent from somewhere else in England and Wales. The vast majority of local authority areas in Kent saw more movers than leavers. Only three parts of Kent saw an exodus. Around 26,000 people moved out, but 34,000 moved in - a net gain of more than 7,500 residents.