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Kirklees

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
668 people on asylum support in Kirklees

Rank 39 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.98 per 10,000 puts Kirklees in the 71st percentile. That means this area carries more than most. White British projected to be a minority by approximately 2045. 18 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 668 people at £107 per person per day is about £26.1M a year.

What asylum costs Kirklees

£15.1Mestimated hotel costs/year
£1.7Msubsistence payments/year
£802KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 668 people on asylum support in Kirklees(0.72% 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.

Kirklees: 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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1,0727153570Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Sept 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 2014257
Jun 2014287
Sept 2014330
Dec 2014350
Mar 2015379
Jun 2015326
Sept 2015386
Dec 2015424
Mar 2016475
Jun 2016536
Sept 2016586
Dec 2016623
Mar 2017654
Jun 2017659
Sept 2017687
Dec 2017698
Mar 2018762
Jun 2018762
Sept 2018755
Dec 2018795
Mar 2019789
Jun 2019776
Sept 2019805
Dec 2019779
Mar 2020789
Jun 2020818
Sept 2020817
Dec 2020799
Mar 2021739
Jun 2021687
Sept 2021646
Dec 2021696
Mar 2022756
Jun 2022784
Sept 2022783
Dec 2022796
Mar 2023990
Jun 20231,067
Sept 20231,072
Dec 2023872
Mar 2024871
Jun 2024867
Sept 2024854
Dec 2024818
Mar 2025772
Jun 2025749
Sept 2025748
Dec 2025722

Trend

-26Latest quarter change
+465Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation650
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only18
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
668
Homes for Ukraine
566
Afghan programme
201
Resettlement cumulative
171

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine566
Afghan programme201
Resettlement cumulative171

Population context

All pathways total1,435
Share of local population0.32%

Ethnic composition projection

Kirklees: White British 70.5% (2021) to 44.6% (2051). White British minority by ~2045. 80% CI: 42.9, 48.5%.

Ethnic composition: Kirklees

020416182% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 35% in 2061White Other 5% in 2061Asian 31% in 2061Black 4% in 2061Mixed 13% in 2061Other 12% in 206120112021203120412051
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: Kirklees

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

2011
77%
16%
2021
71%
19%
2031proj
63%
23%
2041proj
54%
27%
2051proj
45%
30%
9%
2061proj
35%
31%
13%
12%
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 Kirklees ranges from49.8% to 55.9%by 2051. That is a 6.1pp 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 52.4% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 19.6% (2021) → 23.3% (2051). Christian 41.7% → 9.6%.

Religion: Kirklees

521385471%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 66% in 2051Muslim 23% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

12.6% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: diverse (entropy 0.52). 92.3% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Kirklees

829507192%Census 2021UK-born 60% in 2051Foreign-born 40% 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.

emerging diversity: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 7.5% moved within UK, 0.6% arrived from abroad
other10.2% internal, 4.7% international
black9.1% internal, 4% international
white other10.3% internal, 2.4% international
mixed9.9% internal, 0.5% international
white british7.7% internal, 0.2% international
asian5.5% internal, 1.3% international

Why Kirklees is changing

-6.1pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
+0.3pp
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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