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Brentwood

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Alex Burghart
Alex BurghartConservative · Brentwood and Ongar
22 people on asylum support in Brentwood

Rank 273 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 2.75 per 10,000 puts Brentwood in the 30th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 1 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 22 people at £107 per person per day is about £0.9M a year.

What asylum costs Brentwood

£497Kestimated hotel costs/year
£56Ksubsistence payments/year
£26KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 22 people on asylum support in Brentwood(0.02% 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.

Brentwood: 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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271890Jun 2017Dec 2025Peak Mar 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 20171
Jun 20203
Sept 20203
Dec 20203
Mar 20213
Jun 20213
Sept 20216
Dec 20216
Mar 20226
Jun 202211
Sept 202215
Dec 202215
Mar 202315
Jun 202321
Sept 202316
Dec 202317
Mar 202416
Jun 202414
Sept 202415
Dec 202413
Mar 202527
Jun 202523
Sept 202523
Dec 202523

Trend

+0Latest quarter change
+22Change across series
24Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation21
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only1
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
22
Homes for Ukraine
226
Afghan programme
19
Resettlement cumulative
0

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine226
Afghan programme19
Resettlement cumulative0

Population context

All pathways total267
Share of local population0.33%

Ethnic composition projection

Brentwood: White British 82.7% (2021) to 63.6% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Brentwood

024477194% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 55% in 2061White Other 8% in 2061Asian 10% in 2061Black 7% in 2061Mixed 16% in 2061Other 4% 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: Brentwood

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

2011
89%
2021
83%
2031proj
78%
2041proj
71%
2051proj
64%
9%
11%
2061proj
55%
10%
16%
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 Brentwood ranges from40.6% to 62.8%by 2051. That is a 22.1pp 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 48.0% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 1.7% (2021) → 4.7% (2051). Christian 59.4% → 16.4%.

Religion: Brentwood

019385675%Census 2021Christian 16% in 2051No religion 70% in 2051Muslim 5% in 2051Hindu 4% in 2051Sikh 4% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslimHinduSikh

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

Nativity

11.2% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.4). 96% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Brentwood

628507294%Census 2021UK-born 63% in 2051Foreign-born 37% 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.

emerging diversity: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 8.7% moved within UK, 0.6% arrived from abroad
black14.6% internal, 1.6% international
asian11.6% internal, 2.9% international
white other12.2% internal, 2.3% international
mixed10.5% internal, 0.5% international
other9.1% internal, 1.3% international
white british8% internal, 0.3% international

Why Brentwood is changing

-6.6pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.7pp
Local migration
+0.5pp

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

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

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