Trend
-26 Latest quarter change
+465 Change across series
48 Official data points
Kirklees
722 on asylum support. Rank 38 nationally, 5 in Yorkshire and The Humber. Rate: 16.12 per 10,000 (71st percentile). Regional provider: Mears.
2025-12-31 Yorkshire and The Humber region
Summary
Kirklees has 722 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 38 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 16.12 per 10,000 residents places it around the 71st percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Kirklees
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 704
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 18
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 561
Afghan programme 189
Resettlement cumulative 171
Population context
All pathways total 1,472
Share of local population 0.33%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Kirklees: WBI 70.5% (2021) → 35.5% (2051). White British minority by ~2041. 80% CI: 34.8–40.5%.
Ethnic composition — Kirklees
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 19.6% (2021) → 23.3% (2051). Christian 41.7% → 9.6%.
Religion — Kirklees
Christian No religion Muslim
Nativity
12.6% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: diverse (entropy 0.52). 92.3% main language English.
UK-born vs foreign-born — Kirklees
UK-born Foreign-born
emerging diversity: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.
Why Kirklees is changing
-6.1ppWhite 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 58%
Mixed 65.5%
White Other 67.8%
Other 51.2%
Homeownership rate
White British 67.7%
Mixed 36.7%
White Other 42.9%
Other 33%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 29.6%
Mixed 29.3%
White Other 37.2%
Other 32.9%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 65,313 pupils. 53.7% White British. Schools are 16.8pp more diverse than the general population.
Pupil ethnicity
White British 53.7%
Asian 29.4%
Mixed 8.2%
Black 3.7%
White Other 3.4%
Other 1.7%
What this means
Schools are 17pp more diverse than the general population — schools show the future.
46.3% Minority pupils now
54.6% 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
Interpreter demand is manageable at current levels.
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
722 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
16.12 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Yorkshire and The Humber by supported asylum.