Trend
-20 Latest quarter change
+214 Change across series
48 Official data points
Camden
230 on asylum support. Rank 131 nationally, 20 in London. Rate: 10.6 per 10,000 (57th percentile). Regional provider: Clearsprings Ready Homes.
Summary
Camden has 230 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 131 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 10.6 per 10,000 residents places it around the 57th percentile. 200 are in contingency accommodation (87% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Camden
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 10
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 20
Contingency accommodation 200
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 1,107
Afghan programme 327
Resettlement cumulative 102
Population context
All pathways total 1,664
Share of local population 0.77%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Camden: WBI 35.4% (2021) → 11.5% (2051). 80% CI: 8.3–12.2%.
Ethnic composition — Camden
White British White Other Asian Black Mixed Other 80% CI
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.
Religion projection
Muslim 17.7% (2021) → 23.1% (2051). Christian 34.5% → 15.1%.
Religion — Camden
Christian No religion Muslim
Nativity
45.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.88). 78.7% main language English.
UK-born vs foreign-born — Camden
UK-born Foreign-born
high immigration gateway: High foreign-born share means ethnic change is migration-driven. Future projections are sensitive to immigration policy.
Why Camden is changing
-8.6ppWhite British change 2011–2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.
Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).
Economy & housing by ethnicity
Census 2021 employment, homeownership, and qualifications by ethnic group.
Employment rate
White British 59.7%
Mixed 63.1%
White Other 71.2%
Other 58%
Homeownership rate
White British 32.7%
Mixed 22.2%
White Other 28.2%
Other 23.5%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 53.7%
Mixed 53.5%
White Other 67.8%
Other 53.5%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 19,992 pupils. 22.5% White British. Schools are 12.9pp more diverse than the general population.
Pupil ethnicity
White British 22.5%
Asian 19.6%
Black 17%
White Other 16.6%
Mixed 15.8%
Other 8.6%
What this means
Schools are 13pp more diverse than the general population — schools show the future.
77.5% Minority pupils now
84.4% 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
NHS and council services will need increased interpreter/translation provision.
foreign-born growth to 2051
High foreign-born population growth will drive additional housing demand, particularly in the private rented sector.
EAL growth
Significant additional EAL (English as Additional Language) support likely needed.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
230 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
10.6 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
200 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in London by supported asylum.