Trend
+32 Latest quarter change
+156 Change across series
32 Official data points
Buckinghamshire
194 on asylum support. Rank 147 nationally, 14 in South East. Rate: 3.35 per 10,000 (35th percentile). Regional provider: Clearsprings Ready Homes.
2025-12-31 South East region
Summary
Buckinghamshire has 194 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 147 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 3.35 per 10,000 residents places it around the 35th percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Buckinghamshire
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.
Local numbers
Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation 182
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 12
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 2,188
Afghan programme 174
Resettlement cumulative 15
Population context
All pathways total 2,556
Share of local population 0.44%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Buckinghamshire: WBI 72.6% (2021) → 55.5% (2051).
Ethnic composition — Buckinghamshire
White British White Other Asian Black Mixed Other
Model: Hamilton-Perry single-year CCRs, 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations, SNPP-constrained
Census 2011 → 2021 cohort change ratios. Shaded band = 80% confidence interval from stochastic perturbation (σ=0.04, calibrated from NEWETHPOP validation). Not a forecast.
Economy & housing by ethnicity
Census 2021 employment, homeownership, and qualifications by ethnic group.
Employment rate
White British 63.1%
Mixed 70.8%
White Other 75.8%
Other 67.8%
Homeownership rate
White British 73.3%
Mixed 52.9%
White Other 53%
Other 61.6%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 40.1%
Mixed 39.9%
White Other 49.6%
Other 49.5%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 89,116 pupils. 55.1% White British. Schools are 17.5pp more diverse than the general population.
Pupil ethnicity
White British 55.1%
Asian 23.9%
Mixed 8.8%
White Other 7.3%
Black 4%
Other 1%
What this means
Schools are 17pp more diverse than the general population — schools show the future.
44.9% Minority pupils now
45.5% Projected 2041
Source
DfE School Census 2024/25. State-funded schools. Upper-tier LA level.
Service demand impact
Projected impact of demographic change on local services.
non-English speakers
Interpreter demand is manageable at current levels.
foreign-born growth to 2051
Housing demand growth from demographic change is moderate.
EAL growth
Significant additional EAL (English as Additional Language) support likely needed.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
194 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
3.35 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in South East by supported asylum.