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Blaby

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
34 people on asylum support in Blaby

Rank 251 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 3.14 per 10,000 puts Blaby in the 34th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 2 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 34 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.3M a year.

What asylum costs Blaby

£768Kestimated hotel costs/year
£87Ksubsistence payments/year
£41KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 34 people on asylum support in Blaby(0.04% 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.

Blaby: asylum numbers still rising

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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3322110Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Bibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20141
Jun 20142
Sept 20143
Dec 20142
Mar 20153
Jun 20153
Sept 20152
Dec 20151
Dec 20161
Mar 20171
Jun 20171
Sept 20171
Dec 20171
Mar 20181
Dec 20213
Sept 20221
Sept 20232
Dec 20235
Mar 20249
Jun 202413
Sept 202416
Dec 202420
Mar 202524
Jun 202522
Sept 202523
Dec 202533

Trend

+10Latest quarter change
+32Change across series
26Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation32
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only2
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
34
Homes for Ukraine
184
Afghan programme
21
Resettlement cumulative
23

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine184
Afghan programme21
Resettlement cumulative23

Population context

All pathways total239
Share of local population0.22%

Ethnic composition projection

Blaby: White British 82.3% (2021) to 62.5% (2051). 80% CI: 61.8, 66.7%.

Ethnic composition: Blaby

023477094% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 54% in 2061White Other 7% in 2061Asian 14% in 2061Black 5% in 2061Mixed 13% in 2061Other 7% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther 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: Blaby

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

2011
89%
2021
82%
8%
2031proj
77%
10%
2041proj
71%
12%
2051proj
63%
13%
9%
2061proj
54%
14%
13%
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 Blaby ranges from45.5% to 65.2%by 2051. That is a 19.8pp 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 52.4% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 1.5% (2021) → 4.2% (2051). Christian 45.9% → 10.2%.

Religion: Blaby

020406080%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 75% in 2051Muslim 4% in 2051Hindu 5% in 2051Sikh 5% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslimHinduSikh

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

Nativity

9.6% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.4). 94.7% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Blaby

527507395%Census 2021UK-born 54% in 2051Foreign-born 46% 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: 7.3% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
white other12.1% internal, 1.6% international
other10.4% internal, 2.1% international
black10.2% internal, 1.9% international
asian9.2% internal, 1.1% international
mixed9.6% internal, 0.4% international
white british6.8% internal, 0.1% international

Why Blaby is changing

-6.3pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.7pp
Local migration
+0.8pp

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

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

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