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Babergh

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
6 people on asylum support in Babergh

Rank 313 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 0.61 per 10,000 puts Babergh in the 13th percentile. That means fewer than most areas. Accommodation and support for 6 people at £107 per person per day is about £0.2M a year.

What asylum costs Babergh

£135Kestimated hotel costs/year
£15Ksubsistence payments/year
£7KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 6 people on asylum support in Babergh(0.01% of 93,293 nationally at 30 Jun 2026). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend in 2024/25 (House of Commons Library, CDP-2025-0184). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person.

Babergh: asylum numbers holding steady

Quarter-end stock series to Dec 2025. A rise or fall is a net change in the number of people on support at period end, not the number of new claims or distinct people moving through the caseload. Support stock also overlaps with, but is not identical to, the awaiting-decision backlog.

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202135670Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Dec 2022Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby Stockholm
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20142
Jun 20142
Mar 20152
Jun 20152
Sept 20152
Dec 20152
Mar 20162
Jun 20162
Sept 20162
Dec 20162
Mar 20172
Jun 20172
Sept 20172
Mar 20211
Mar 202225
Jun 202228
Sept 202229
Dec 2022202
Mar 2023198
Jun 2023184
Sept 2023195
Dec 2023169
Jun 20251
Sept 20256
Dec 20256

Trend

+0Latest quarter change
+4Change across series
25Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation6
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
6
Homes for Ukraine
248
Afghan programme
2
Resettlement cumulative
0

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine248
Afghan programme2
Resettlement cumulative0

Population context

All pathways total256
Share of local population0.26%

Ethnic composition projection

Babergh: White British 93.6% (2021) to 87.3% (2051). 80% CI: 86.9, 89.4%.

Ethnic composition: Babergh

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 83% in 2061White Other 5% in 2061Mixed 8% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherMixed 80% CI

Each line shows one ethnic group's share of the local population. The shaded band is the 80% confidence range. Values after 2051 are illustrative only.

Ethnic composition: Babergh

Census 2011, Census 2021, then Hamilton-Perry projections to 2051. Percentages.

2011
95%
2021
94%
2031proj
92%
2041proj
90%
2051proj
87%
2061proj
83%
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther
Model: Hamilton-Perry single-year CCRs, 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations, SNPP-constrained

Census 2011 to 2021 cohort change ratios. Shaded band = 80% confidence interval from stochastic perturbation. Not a forecast.

Scenario explorer

Under different assumptions, White British share in Babergh ranges from48.9% to 75.4%by 2051. That is a 26.5pp spread.

Fertility
Low~108k/yr
Principal~315k/yr
High~476k/yr
ConstantRates stay at current levels
Half convergenceMove halfway to national avg
Full convergenceConverge to national avg
Migration
Central scenario: WBI 57.7% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.5% (2021) → 1.9% (2051). Christian 52.7% → 13.4%.

Religion: Babergh

828486888%Census 2021Christian 13% in 2051No religion 83% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

Religious affiliation projected from Census 2021 self-identification. Trends reflect demographic change in the existing population, not religious conversion.

Nativity

5.7% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.18). 98.3% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Babergh

125507599%Census 2021UK-born 67% in 2051Foreign-born 33% in 20512021203120412051
UK-bornForeign-born

Share of the local population born outside the UK. Movement reflects both new arrivals and the UK-born children of existing residents reaching adulthood.

low immigration: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 9% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
black19.6% internal, 0.8% international
mixed14.8% internal, 1.1% international
other12.4% internal, 2.6% international
white other11.6% internal, 2.4% international
asian10.6% internal, 2.4% international
white british8.7% internal, 0.2% international

Why Babergh is changing

-1.8pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.2pp
Local migration
+5.8pp

White British change 2011-2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.

Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

Full demographic profileSchool pressure, housing demand, service demand scoring, economic profile, language projections, and more on UK Demographics.View Babergh on UK Demographics →