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1Official data points
Sheffield
Gill Furniss
5 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Sheffield.
1,034 people on asylum support in Sheffield
Rank 19 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 17.84 per 10,000 puts Sheffield in the 77th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. White British projected to be a minority by approximately 2049. 56 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 184 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 1,034 people at £107 per person per day is about £40.4M a year.
What asylum costs Sheffield
£23.3Mestimated hotel costs/year
£2.6Msubsistence payments/year
£1.2MLA dispersal grant/year
Estimates based on 1,034 people on asylum support in Sheffield(1.11% 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.
Sheffield: 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.
Exact values
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 1,264 |
Local numbers
Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation730
Initial accommodation64
Subsistence only56
Contingency accommodation184
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine851
Afghan programme316
Resettlement cumulative0
Population context
All pathways total2,201
Share of local population0.38%
Ethnic composition projection
Sheffield: White British 74.5% (2021) to 47.8% (2051). White British minority by ~2049.
Ethnic composition: Sheffield
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther
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: Sheffield
Census 2011, Census 2021, then Hamilton-Perry projections to 2051. Percentages.
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.
Why Sheffield is changing
-9.5ppWhite British change 2011-2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.
Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).
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National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
1,034National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
17.84Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
184Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Yorkshire and The Humber by supported asylum.