Trend
-17 Latest quarter change
+538 Change across series
48 Official data points
Hackney
589 on asylum support. Rank 58 nationally, 8 in London. Rate: 22.08 per 10,000 (80th percentile). Regional provider: Clearsprings Ready Homes.
Summary
Hackney has 589 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 58 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 22.08 per 10,000 residents places it around the 80th percentile. 534 are in contingency accommodation (90.7% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Hackney
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 31
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 24
Contingency accommodation 534
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 553
Afghan programme 39
Resettlement cumulative 35
Population context
All pathways total 1,181
Share of local population 0.44%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Hackney: WBI 33.9% (2021) → 15.4% (2051). 80% CI: 11.4–16.1%.
Ethnic composition — Hackney
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 14.6% (2021) → 5.7% (2051). Christian 33.6% → 7.8%.
Religion — Hackney
Christian No religion Muslim
Nativity
39.7% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.89). 80.1% main language English.
UK-born vs foreign-born — Hackney
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 Hackney is changing
-2.2ppWhite 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 68%
Mixed 73.3%
White Other 79.4%
Other 54.2%
Homeownership rate
White British 29.2%
Mixed 21.6%
White Other 26%
Other 15.7%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 51.3%
Mixed 54.2%
White Other 63.1%
Other 32.1%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 32,021 pupils. 18% White British. Schools are 15.9pp more diverse than the general population.
Pupil ethnicity
Black 31.1%
White Other 18.5%
White British 18%
Mixed 14%
Asian 11.7%
Other 6.7%
What this means
Schools are 16pp more diverse than the general population — schools show the future.
82% Minority pupils now
80.9% 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
589 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
22.08 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
534 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in London by supported asylum.