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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
91 people on asylum support in Gwynedd

Rank 182 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 7.56 per 10,000 puts Gwynedd in the 55th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 91 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.6M a year.

What asylum costs Gwynedd

£2.1Mestimated hotel costs/year
£233Ksubsistence payments/year
£109KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 91 people on asylum support in Gwynedd(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.

Gwynedd: asylum numbers still rising

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 20143
Jun 20143
Sept 20143
Dec 20143
Mar 20153
Jun 20153
Sept 20153
Dec 20153
Mar 20163
Jun 20163
Sept 20163
Dec 20163
Mar 20173
Jun 202316
Sept 202321
Dec 202314
Mar 202423
Jun 202427
Sept 202438
Dec 202440
Mar 202545
Jun 202540
Sept 202544
Dec 202547

Trend

+3Latest quarter change
+44Change across series
24Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation91
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
91
Homes for Ukraine
310
Afghan programme
15
Resettlement cumulative
48

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine310
Afghan programme15
Resettlement cumulative48

Population context

All pathways total416
Share of local population0.35%

Ethnic composition projection

Gwynedd: White British 93.3% (2021) to 77.3% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Gwynedd

025507599% of populationCensus 2021White British 77% in 2051White Other 7% in 2051Asian 7% in 2051Mixed 3% in 205120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianMixed

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: Gwynedd

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

2011
94%
2021
93%
2026proj
91%
2031proj
89%
2036proj
86%
2041proj
83%
2046proj
80%
2051proj
77%
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.

Religion projection

Muslim 1.0% (2021) → 0.4% (2051). Christian 49.8% → 12.7%.

Religion: Gwynedd

828497091%Census 2021Christian 13% in 2051No religion 86% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

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

Nativity

5.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.19). 97.5% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Gwynedd

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 79% in 2051Foreign-born 21% 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.

Why Gwynedd is changing

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

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

Dominant driver: local migration. 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 Gwynedd on UK Demographics →