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Gateshead

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Mark Ferguson
Mark FergusonLabour · Gateshead Central and Whickham

3 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Gateshead.

606 people on asylum support in Gateshead

Rank 50 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 29.92 per 10,000 puts Gateshead in the 91st percentile. That means this area carries more asylum seekers per head than 90% of the country. 9 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 606 people at £107 per person per day is about £23.7M a year.

What asylum costs Gateshead

£13.7Mestimated hotel costs/year
£1.5Msubsistence payments/year
£727KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 606 people on asylum support in Gateshead(0.65% 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.

Gateshead: 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 2014200
Jun 2014216
Sept 2014217
Dec 2014227
Mar 2015255
Jun 2015261
Sept 2015238
Dec 2015261
Mar 2016293
Jun 2016303
Sept 2016334
Dec 2016360
Mar 2017357
Jun 2017350
Sept 2017367
Dec 2017417
Mar 2018508
Jun 2018578
Sept 2018667
Dec 2018790
Mar 2019839
Jun 2019822
Sept 2019792
Dec 2019739
Mar 2020615
Jun 2020618
Sept 2020672
Dec 2020676
Mar 2021662
Jun 2021672
Sept 2021653
Dec 2021717
Mar 2022695
Jun 2022750
Sept 2022794
Dec 2022780
Mar 2023815
Jun 2023919
Sept 2023888
Dec 2023758
Mar 2024677
Jun 2024712
Sept 2024764
Dec 2024758
Mar 2025744
Jun 2025661
Sept 2025677
Dec 2025643

Trend

-34Latest quarter change
+443Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation597
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only9
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
606
Homes for Ukraine
208
Afghan programme
210
Resettlement cumulative
515

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine208
Afghan programme210
Resettlement cumulative515

Population context

All pathways total1,024
Share of local population0.51%

Ethnic composition projection

Gateshead: White British 90.3% (2021) to 65.3% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Gateshead

025507499% of populationCensus 2021White British 65% in 2051White Other 9% in 2051Asian 11% in 2051Black 5% in 2051Mixed 4% in 2051Other 5% in 205120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther

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: Gateshead

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

2011
94%
2021
90%
2026proj
87%
2031proj
83%
2036proj
78%
2041proj
74%
8%
2046proj
69%
8%
10%
2051proj
65%
9%
11%
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 Gateshead ranges from61.7% to 77.3%by 2051. That is a 15.6pp 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 67.8% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 2.2% (2021) → 7.2% (2051). Christian 53.1% → 9.5%.

Religion: Gateshead

022436587%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 82% in 2051Muslim 7% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

7.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.26). 95.8% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Gateshead

226507498%Census 2021UK-born 61% in 2051Foreign-born 39% 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: 8% moved within UK, 0.5% arrived from abroad
black14.7% internal, 5% international
white other12.8% internal, 4.1% international
other12.2% internal, 3.3% international
asian12.1% internal, 2.6% international
mixed12.8% internal, 1.3% international
white british7.5% internal, 0.2% international

Why Gateshead is changing

-3.8pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.1pp
Local migration
+3.7pp

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

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

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