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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Ruth Cadbury
Ruth CadburyLabour · Brentford and Isleworth

8 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Isle of Anglesey.

26 people on asylum support in Isle of Anglesey

Rank 262 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 3.79 per 10,000 puts Isle of Anglesey in the 38th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 26 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.0M a year.

What asylum costs Isle of Anglesey

£587Kestimated hotel costs/year
£66Ksubsistence payments/year
£31KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 26 people on asylum support in Isle of Anglesey(0.03% 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.

Isle of Anglesey: 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.

26
261790Mar 2024Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 20245
Jun 20245
Sept 202410
Dec 202416
Mar 202515
Jun 202516
Sept 202520
Dec 202526

Trend

+6Latest quarter change
+21Change across series
8Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation26
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
26
Homes for Ukraine
120
Afghan programme
67
Resettlement cumulative
22

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine120
Afghan programme67
Resettlement cumulative22

Population context

All pathways total213
Share of local population0.31%

Ethnic composition projection

Isle of Anglesey: White British 96.3% (2021) to 81.3% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Isle of Anglesey

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021White British 81% in 2051White Other 5% in 2051Asian 6% in 205120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsian

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: Isle of Anglesey

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

2011
97%
2021
96%
2026proj
95%
2031proj
92%
2036proj
90%
2041proj
87%
2046proj
84%
2051proj
81%
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 0.5% (2021) → 0.6% (2051). Christian 55.1% → 13.2%.

Religion: Isle of Anglesey

829497091%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

3.3% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.12). 99.1% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Isle of Anglesey

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 87% in 2051Foreign-born 13% 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 Isle of Anglesey is changing

-0.2pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.3pp
Local migration
+7.4pp

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

Dominant driver: local migration. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

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