Accommodation split
Dispersal accommodation 764
Initial accommodation 72
Subsistence only 61
Contingency accommodation 229
Sheffield
Gill Furniss
5 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Sheffield.
1,126 people housed on asylum support in Sheffield
Rank 19 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 19.33 per 10,000 puts Sheffield in the 79th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. White British projected to be a minority by approximately 2046. 229 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). At roughly £150/person/day, that costs the taxpayer an estimated £62M per year for this area alone.
What asylum costs Sheffield
£22.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£2.9Msubsistence payments/year
£1.4MLA dispersal grant/year
Estimates based on 1,126 people on asylum support in Sheffield (1.05% of 107,003 nationally). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend (2024/25 average, NAO). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person. Nationally, the hotel bill alone costs £62 per taxpayer per year.
Local numbers
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 837
Afghan programme 306
Resettlement cumulative 520
Population context
All pathways total 2,269
Share of local population 0.39%
Ethnic composition projection
Sheffield: WBI 74.5% (2021) → 43.6% (2051). White British minority by ~2046. 80% CI: 42.3–47.5%.
Ethnic composition: Sheffield
White British White Other Asian Black Mixed Other 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: Sheffield
Census 2011, Census 2021, then Hamilton-Perry projections to 2051. Percentages.
White British White Other Asian Black Mixed Other
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 Sheffield ranges from 55.3% to 60.3% by 2051. That is a 5pp spread.
Fertility
Low ~108k/yr
Principal ~315k/yr
High ~476k/yr
Constant Rates stay at current levels
Half convergence Move halfway to national avg
Full convergence Converge to national avg
Migration
Central scenario: WBI 57.4% by 2051
Why Sheffield is changing
-9.5ppWhite British change 2011–2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.
Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).
Full demographic profile
School pressure, housing demand, service demand scoring, economic profile, language projections, and more on UK Demographics.
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National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
1,126 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
19.33 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
229 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 5 in Yorkshire and The Humber by supported asylum.