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Erewash

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Adam Thompson
Adam ThompsonLabour · Erewash
90 people on asylum support in Erewash

Rank 183 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.93 per 10,000 puts Erewash in the 57th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 4 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 82 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 90 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.5M a year.

What asylum costs Erewash

£2.0Mestimated hotel costs/year
£230Ksubsistence payments/year
£108KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 90 people on asylum support in Erewash(0.10% 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.

Erewash: 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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4432951480Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Jun 2023Albania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20144
Jun 20144
Sept 20141
Dec 20141
Mar 20151
Jun 20151
Sept 20151
Dec 20151
Mar 20161
Sept 20191
Dec 20191
Dec 20213
Mar 20223
Sept 20222
Dec 2022439
Mar 2023413
Jun 2023443
Sept 2023427
Dec 2023303
Mar 2024315
Jun 202482
Sept 2024160
Dec 2024160
Mar 2025116
Jun 2025173
Sept 2025187
Dec 2025144

Trend

-43Latest quarter change
+140Change across series
27Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation4
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only4
Contingency accommodation82

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
90
Homes for Ukraine
138
Afghan programme
0
Resettlement cumulative
5

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine138
Afghan programme0
Resettlement cumulative5

Population context

All pathways total228
Share of local population0.2%

Ethnic composition projection

Erewash: White British 92.5% (2021) to 82.4% (2051). 80% CI: 81.9, 85%.

Ethnic composition: Erewash

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 76% in 2061White Other 7% in 2061Mixed 10% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherMixed 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: Erewash

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

2011
95%
2021
92%
2031proj
90%
2041proj
87%
2051proj
82%
2061proj
76%
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 Erewash ranges from54.5% to 77.4%by 2051. That is a 22.9pp 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 62.6% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.5% (2021) → 1.5% (2051). Christian 45.1% → 9.3%.

Religion: Erewash

426487092%Census 2021Christian 9% in 2051No religion 87% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

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

Nativity

5.3% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.21). 97.6% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Erewash

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 69% in 2051Foreign-born 31% 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: 7.4% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
other13.2% internal, 2.8% international
black12.9% internal, 3% international
white other12.9% internal, 2.1% international
asian9.9% internal, 1.8% international
mixed8.4% internal, 0.6% international
white british7% internal, 0.1% international

Why Erewash is changing

-2.7pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.2pp
Local migration
+4.9pp

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 Erewash on UK Demographics →