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Calderdale

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
452 people on asylum support in Calderdale

Rank 66 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 21.45 per 10,000 puts Calderdale in the 84th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 12 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 452 people at £107 per person per day is about £17.7M a year.

What asylum costs Calderdale

£10.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£1.2Msubsistence payments/year
£542KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 452 people on asylum support in Calderdale(0.48% 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.

Calderdale: asylum numbers falling

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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Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 2014169
Jun 2014167
Sept 2014176
Dec 2014174
Mar 2015185
Jun 2015166
Sept 2015213
Dec 2015266
Mar 2016278
Jun 2016300
Sept 2016328
Dec 2016347
Mar 2017338
Jun 2017359
Sept 2017348
Dec 2017356
Mar 2018400
Jun 2018394
Sept 2018390
Dec 2018396
Mar 2019409
Jun 2019397
Sept 2019394
Dec 2019356
Mar 2020371
Jun 2020386
Sept 2020372
Dec 2020369
Mar 2021354
Jun 2021355
Sept 2021351
Dec 2021390
Mar 2022448
Jun 2022433
Sept 2022477
Dec 2022467
Mar 2023641
Jun 2023689
Sept 2023742
Dec 2023621
Mar 2024633
Jun 2024604
Sept 2024688
Dec 2024672
Mar 2025584
Jun 2025614
Sept 2025665
Dec 2025608

Trend

-57Latest quarter change
+439Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation440
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only12
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
452
Homes for Ukraine
290
Afghan programme
79
Resettlement cumulative
115

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine290
Afghan programme79
Resettlement cumulative115

Population context

All pathways total821
Share of local population0.39%

Ethnic composition projection

Calderdale: White British 82.8% (2021) to 63.8% (2051). 80% CI: 62.7, 67.7%.

Ethnic composition: Calderdale

023466992% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 55% in 2061White Other 6% in 2061Asian 23% in 2061Mixed 10% in 2061Other 6% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianMixedOther 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: Calderdale

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

2011
87%
8%
2021
83%
11%
2031proj
78%
13%
2041proj
72%
16%
2051proj
64%
20%
2061proj
55%
23%
10%
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 Calderdale ranges from55.2% to 68.6%by 2051. That is a 13.3pp 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 60.5% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 10.1% (2021) → 11.6% (2051). Christian 43.8% → 9.0%.

Religion: Calderdale

423436282%Census 2021Christian 9% in 2051No religion 77% in 2051Muslim 12% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

8.5% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.37). 95.4% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Calderdale

427507397%Census 2021UK-born 70% in 2051Foreign-born 30% 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: 7.7% moved within UK, 0.4% arrived from abroad
black13.7% internal, 3.8% international
other11.2% internal, 3.7% international
mixed12.6% internal, 0.7% international
white other10.8% internal, 1.8% international
white british7.6% internal, 0.2% international
asian5.7% internal, 0.9% international

Why Calderdale is changing

-3.9pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.5pp
Local migration
+3pp

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 Calderdale on UK Demographics →