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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Alice Macdonald
Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op) · Norwich North

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Norwich.

211 people on asylum support in Norwich

Rank 127 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.48 per 10,000 puts Norwich in the 70th percentile. That means this area carries more asylum seekers per head than 70% of the country. White British projected to be a minority by approximately 2058. 12 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 211 people at £107 per person per day is about £8.2M a year.

What asylum costs Norwich

£4.8Mestimated hotel costs/year
£540Ksubsistence payments/year
£253KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 211 people on asylum support in Norwich(0.23% 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.

Norwich: 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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4162771390Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Sept 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 2014112
Jun 2014115
Sept 2014122
Dec 2014107
Mar 2015125
Jun 2015113
Sept 2015122
Dec 2015123
Mar 2016125
Jun 2016126
Sept 2016126
Dec 2016118
Mar 2017113
Jun 2017116
Sept 2017121
Dec 2017124
Mar 2018133
Jun 2018138
Sept 2018128
Dec 2018136
Mar 2019138
Jun 2019144
Sept 2019132
Dec 2019116
Mar 2020115
Jun 2020116
Sept 2020116
Dec 2020121
Mar 2021127
Jun 2021127
Sept 2021133
Dec 2021131
Mar 2022135
Jun 2022136
Sept 2022160
Dec 2022386
Mar 2023389
Jun 2023413
Sept 2023416
Dec 2023381
Mar 2024328
Jun 2024257
Sept 2024365
Dec 2024371
Mar 2025355
Jun 2025389
Sept 2025386
Dec 2025351

Trend

-35Latest quarter change
+239Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation199
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only12
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
211
Homes for Ukraine
290
Afghan programme
128
Resettlement cumulative
325

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine290
Afghan programme128
Resettlement cumulative325

Population context

All pathways total629
Share of local population0.43%

Ethnic composition projection

Norwich: White British 77.5% (2021) to 55.8% (2051). White British minority by ~2058. 80% CI: 53.6, 61%.

Ethnic composition: Norwich

022456790% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 47% in 2061White Other 18% in 2061Asian 8% in 2061Black 5% in 2061Mixed 10% 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: Norwich

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

2011
85%
2021
78%
10%
2031proj
72%
12%
2041proj
64%
15%
2051proj
56%
17%
2061proj
47%
18%
8%
10%
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 Norwich ranges from49.0% to 62.3%by 2051. That is a 13.4pp 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 54.1% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 3.2% (2021) → 7.4% (2051). Christian 36.1% → 10.2%.

Religion: Norwich

021416282%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 77% in 2051Muslim 7% in 2051Hindu 3% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslimHindu

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

Nativity

17.6% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.48). 90% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Norwich

1331506987%Census 2021UK-born 50% in 2051Foreign-born 50% 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: 14.7% moved within UK, 1.4% arrived from abroad
black24.8% internal, 7% international
asian18.4% internal, 8.6% international
other18.1% internal, 6.4% international
mixed19.9% internal, 2.5% international
white other16.1% internal, 3.5% international
white british13.7% internal, 0.3% international

Why Norwich is changing

-7.2pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.4pp
Local migration
-0.4pp

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

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

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