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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Diane AbbottIndependent · Hackney North and Stoke Newington

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Hackney.

373 people on asylum support in Hackney

Rank 83 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.01 per 10,000 puts Hackney in the 68th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 36 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 312 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 373 people at £107 per person per day is about £14.6M a year.

What asylum costs Hackney

£8.4Mestimated hotel costs/year
£954Ksubsistence payments/year
£448KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 373 people on asylum support in Hackney(0.40% 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.

Hackney: 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 201451
Jun 201443
Sept 201449
Dec 201453
Mar 201541
Jun 201538
Sept 201539
Dec 201536
Mar 201643
Jun 201654
Sept 201653
Dec 201651
Mar 201742
Jun 201740
Sept 201737
Dec 201743
Mar 201848
Jun 201843
Sept 201837
Dec 201834
Mar 201941
Jun 201944
Sept 201940
Dec 201945
Mar 202046
Jun 202046
Sept 202052
Dec 202056
Mar 202175
Jun 202183
Sept 202185
Dec 2021157
Mar 2022139
Jun 2022141
Sept 2022149
Dec 2022650
Mar 2023786
Jun 2023833
Sept 2023810
Dec 2023760
Mar 2024683
Jun 2024630
Sept 2024697
Dec 2024699
Mar 2025683
Jun 2025604
Sept 2025606
Dec 2025589

Trend

-17Latest quarter change
+538Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation25
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only36
Contingency accommodation312

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
373
Homes for Ukraine
572
Afghan programme
44
Resettlement cumulative
35

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine572
Afghan programme44
Resettlement cumulative35

Population context

All pathways total989
Share of local population0.37%

Ethnic composition projection

Shown to 2041 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.

Hackney: White British 33.9% (2021), projected to 2041.

Ethnic composition: Hackney

010213141% of populationCensus 2021White British 26% in 2041White Other 14% in 2041Asian 11% in 2041Black 20% in 2041Mixed 8% in 2041Other 22% in 20412011202120312041
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: Hackney

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

2011
36%
19%
11%
26%
2021
34%
19%
10%
21%
9%
2031proj
29%
17%
11%
21%
14%
2041proj
26%
14%
11%
20%
8%
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 Hackney ranges from23.8% to 26.9%by 2051. That is a 3.1pp 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 25.1% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 14.6% (2021) → 7.3% (2051). Christian 33.6% → 9.8%.

Religion: Hackney

216304357%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 50% 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

39.7% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.92). 80.1% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Hackney

2035506580%Census 2021UK-born 25% in 2051Foreign-born 75% 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: 13.3% moved within UK, 1.6% arrived from abroad
white other19.7% internal, 3.7% international
mixed15.7% internal, 1.7% international
white british16.4% internal, 0.7% international
asian9.3% internal, 2.2% international
other8.7% internal, 1.5% international
black5.6% internal, 0.7% international

Why Hackney is changing

-2.2pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
+3.5pp
Local migration
+0.7pp

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

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

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