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Lichfield

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Dave Robertson
Dave RobertsonLabour · Lichfield
5 people on asylum support in Lichfield

Rank 322 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 0.44 per 10,000 puts Lichfield in the 12th percentile. That means fewer than most areas. Accommodation and support for 5 people at £107 per person per day is about £0.2M a year.

What asylum costs Lichfield

£113Kestimated hotel costs/year
£13Ksubsistence payments/year
£6KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 5 people on asylum support in Lichfield(0.01% 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.

Lichfield: asylum numbers holding steady

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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4310Dec 2023Dec 2025Peak Mar 2024Rwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Dec 20233
Mar 20244
Jun 20243
Sept 20243
Dec 20243
Jun 20253
Sept 20253
Dec 20253

Trend

+0Latest quarter change
+0Change across series
8Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation5
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
5
Homes for Ukraine
302
Afghan programme
9
Resettlement cumulative
12

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine302
Afghan programme9
Resettlement cumulative12

Population context

All pathways total316
Share of local population0.28%

Ethnic composition projection

Lichfield: White British 92.0% (2021) to 83.6% (2051). 80% CI: 83.2, 86.1%.

Ethnic composition: Lichfield

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 78% in 2061White Other 4% in 2061Asian 4% in 2061Mixed 11% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianMixed 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: Lichfield

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

2011
95%
2021
92%
2031proj
90%
2041proj
87%
2051proj
84%
2061proj
78%
11%
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 Lichfield ranges from51.7% to 75.7%by 2051. That is a 23.9pp 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 60.0% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.7% (2021) → 1.1% (2051). Christian 57.1% → 12.7%.

Religion: Lichfield

828486888%Census 2021Christian 13% in 2051No religion 83% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

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

Nativity

4.8% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.22). 97.9% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Lichfield

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 71% in 2051Foreign-born 29% 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.

Census 2021 mobility: 8.3% moved within UK, 0.3% arrived from abroad
black19.8% internal, 2.5% international
mixed14.6% internal, 1.5% international
white other13.1% internal, 2% international
other9.7% internal, 3.7% international
asian10.8% internal, 0.9% international
white british7.9% internal, 0.2% international

Why Lichfield is changing

-2.6pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.2pp
Local migration
+5pp

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

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

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