Trend
-23 Latest quarter change
+338 Change across series
36 Official data points
Reigate and Banstead
339 on asylum support. Rank 107 nationally, 9 in South East. Rate: 21.3 per 10,000 (79th percentile). Regional provider: Clearsprings Ready Homes.
Summary
Reigate and Banstead has 339 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 107 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 21.3 per 10,000 residents places it around the 79th percentile. 187 are in contingency accommodation (55.2% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Reigate and Banstead
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 149
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 3
Contingency accommodation 187
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 431
Afghan programme 38
Resettlement cumulative 34
Population context
All pathways total 808
Share of local population 0.51%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Reigate and Banstead: WBI 76.9% (2021) → 44.1% (2051). White British minority by ~2046. 80% CI: 42.2–47.7%.
Ethnic composition — Reigate and Banstead
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 3.3% (2021) → 7.6% (2051). Christian 52.2% → 14.5%.
Religion — Reigate and Banstead
Christian No religion Muslim Hindu
Nativity
16.3% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.49). 93.8% main language English.
UK-born vs foreign-born — Reigate and Banstead
UK-born Foreign-born
emerging diversity: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.
Why Reigate and Banstead is changing
-8.1ppWhite 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 64.2%
Mixed 71.2%
White Other 75.3%
Other 69.6%
Homeownership rate
White British 74.4%
Mixed 60.8%
White Other 59.7%
Other 55.3%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 38.9%
Mixed 43%
White Other 51.5%
Other 49.7%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
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
EAL demand growth is moderate.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
339 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
21.3 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
187 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in South East by supported asylum.