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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
168 people on asylum support in Camden

Rank 148 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.75 per 10,000 puts Camden in the 55th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 20 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 141 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 168 people at £107 per person per day is about £6.6M a year.

What asylum costs Camden

£3.8Mestimated hotel costs/year
£430Ksubsistence payments/year
£202KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 168 people on asylum support in Camden(0.18% 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.

Camden: 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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7004672330Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Mar 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 201416
Jun 201414
Sept 201411
Dec 201418
Mar 201519
Jun 201521
Sept 201518
Dec 201525
Mar 201627
Jun 201625
Sept 201630
Dec 201635
Mar 201731
Jun 201723
Sept 201729
Dec 201729
Mar 201832
Jun 201826
Sept 201826
Dec 201820
Mar 201925
Jun 201921
Sept 201920
Dec 201917
Mar 202018
Jun 202022
Sept 202027
Dec 202033
Mar 202150
Jun 202153
Sept 202171
Dec 2021123
Mar 2022122
Jun 2022126
Sept 2022138
Dec 2022691
Mar 2023700
Jun 2023700
Sept 2023497
Dec 2023494
Mar 2024330
Jun 2024301
Sept 2024312
Dec 2024232
Mar 2025212
Jun 2025218
Sept 2025250
Dec 2025230

Trend

-20Latest quarter change
+214Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation7
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only20
Contingency accommodation141

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
168
Homes for Ukraine
1,150
Afghan programme
326
Resettlement cumulative
102

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine1,150
Afghan programme326
Resettlement cumulative102

Population context

All pathways total1,644
Share of local population0.76%

Ethnic composition projection

Shown to 2051 rather than 2061. Past that point the model puts a residual Census category above a quarter of the population and several times its 2021 share, which is unconstrained compounding rather than a forecast, so those years are withheld.

Camden: White British 35.4% (2021) to 14.3% (2051). 80% CI: 12.4, 17.2%.

Ethnic composition: Camden

012243749% of populationCensus 2021White British 14% in 2051White Other 19% in 2051Asian 19% in 2051Black 15% in 2051Mixed 11% in 2051Other 22% in 205120112021203120412051
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: Camden

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

2011
44%
22%
16%
10%
2021
35%
24%
18%
9%
2031proj
28%
23%
19%
11%
8%
11%
2041proj
20%
21%
19%
13%
10%
16%
2051proj
14%
19%
19%
15%
11%
22%
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 Camden ranges from21.1% to 24.4%by 2051. That is a 3.3pp 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 22.5% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 17.7% (2021) → 23.1% (2051). Christian 34.5% → 15.1%.

Religion: Camden

1022344658%Census 2021Christian 15% in 2051No religion 53% in 2051Muslim 23% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

45.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.89). 78.7% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Camden

1633506784%Census 2021UK-born 21% in 2051Foreign-born 79% 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.

high immigration gateway: High foreign-born share means ethnic change is migration-driven. Future projections are sensitive to immigration policy.

Census 2021 mobility: 14.4% moved within UK, 3.9% arrived from abroad
white other17.8% internal, 7% international
mixed15.7% internal, 4.2% international
asian12.5% internal, 6.2% international
other13.4% internal, 4.2% international
white british14.7% internal, 1.1% international
black7.4% internal, 1.6% international

Why Camden is changing

-8.6pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
+2.9pp
Local migration
-5.1pp

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

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

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