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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
154 people on asylum support in Haringey

Rank 152 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 5.78 per 10,000 puts Haringey in the 48th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 67 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 154 people at £107 per person per day is about £6.0M a year.

What asylum costs Haringey

£3.5Mestimated hotel costs/year
£394Ksubsistence payments/year
£185KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 154 people on asylum support in Haringey(0.17% 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.

Haringey: 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 2014149
Jun 2014147
Sept 2014148
Dec 2014162
Mar 2015163
Jun 2015139
Sept 2015133
Dec 2015126
Mar 2016118
Jun 2016135
Sept 2016119
Dec 2016116
Mar 2017111
Jun 2017117
Sept 2017120
Dec 2017128
Mar 2018180
Jun 2018188
Sept 2018175
Dec 2018159
Mar 2019184
Jun 2019201
Sept 2019215
Dec 2019206
Mar 2020221
Jun 2020225
Sept 2020231
Dec 2020249
Mar 2021251
Jun 2021253
Sept 2021256
Dec 2021286
Mar 2022279
Jun 2022269
Sept 2022257
Dec 2022413
Mar 2023402
Jun 2023468
Sept 2023460
Dec 2023334
Mar 2024333
Jun 2024301
Sept 2024261
Dec 2024240
Mar 2025291
Jun 2025171
Sept 2025154
Dec 2025180

Trend

+26Latest quarter change
+31Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation87
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only67
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
154
Homes for Ukraine
1,309
Afghan programme
62
Resettlement cumulative
36

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine1,309
Afghan programme62
Resettlement cumulative36

Population context

All pathways total1,525
Share of local population0.57%

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.

Haringey: White British 31.9% (2021), projected to 2041.

Ethnic composition: Haringey

010203040% of populationCensus 2021White British 24% in 2041White Other 20% in 2041Asian 8% in 2041Black 15% in 2041Mixed 9% in 2041Other 24% 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: Haringey

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

2011
35%
26%
9%
22%
2021
32%
25%
9%
18%
10%
2031proj
28%
23%
9%
17%
8%
16%
2041proj
24%
20%
15%
9%
24%
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 Haringey ranges from21.1% to 23.9%by 2051. That is a 2.8pp 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 22.3% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 13.7% (2021) → 5.6% (2051). Christian 42.7% → 16.6%.

Religion: Haringey

112243648%Census 2021Christian 17% in 2051No religion 39% in 2051Muslim 6% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

45.8% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.92). 72.8% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Haringey

1533506785%Census 2021UK-born 20% in 2051Foreign-born 80% 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: 11.7% moved within UK, 1.5% arrived from abroad
white other14.8% internal, 2.4% international
mixed14.1% internal, 2% international
other10.8% internal, 2% international
white british12.2% internal, 0.5% international
asian9.1% internal, 2.2% international
black7.1% internal, 1% international

Why Haringey is changing

-2.8pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
+3.6pp
Local migration
0pp

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

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

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