Trend
+28 Latest quarter change
+347 Change across series
48 Official data points
Slough
381 on asylum support. Rank 94 nationally, 6 in South East. Rate: 22.77 per 10,000 (81st percentile). Regional provider: Clearsprings Ready Homes.
Summary
Slough has 381 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 94 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 22.77 per 10,000 residents places it around the 81st percentile. 247 are in contingency accommodation (64.8% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Slough
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 111
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 23
Contingency accommodation 247
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 169
Afghan programme 49
Resettlement cumulative 18
Population context
All pathways total 599
Share of local population 0.36%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Slough: WBI 24.0% (2021) → 3.6% (2051). 80% CI: 3.9–5%.
Ethnic composition — Slough
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 31.1% (2021) → 48.8% (2051). Christian 33.8% → 12.3%.
Religion — Slough
Christian No religion Muslim Hindu Sikh
Nativity
44% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: highly diverse (entropy 0.79). 72.7% main language English.
UK-born vs foreign-born — Slough
UK-born Foreign-born
high immigration gateway: High foreign-born share means ethnic change is migration-driven. Future projections are sensitive to immigration policy.
Why Slough is changing
-10.5ppWhite British change 2011–2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.
Dominant driver: local migration. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).
Economy & housing by ethnicity
Census 2021 employment, homeownership, and qualifications by ethnic group.
Employment rate
White British 64.9%
Mixed 67.9%
White Other 80.8%
Other 63.4%
Homeownership rate
White British 54.1%
Mixed 32.2%
White Other 26.8%
Other 47.8%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 35.6%
Mixed 30.9%
White Other 30.4%
Other 36.5%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 33,425 pupils. 9.8% White British. Schools are 14.2pp more diverse than the general population.
Pupil ethnicity
Asian 55.9%
Mixed 12.8%
White Other 10.1%
White British 9.8%
Black 7.1%
Other 4.4%
What this means
Schools are 14pp more diverse than the general population — schools show the future.
90.2% Minority pupils now
92.9% Projected 2041
Source
DfE School Census 2024/25. State-funded schools. Upper-tier LA level.
Service demand impact
Projected impact of demographic change on local services.
non-English speakers
NHS and council services will need increased interpreter/translation provision.
foreign-born growth to 2051
High foreign-born population growth will drive additional housing demand, particularly in the private rented sector.
EAL growth
Significant additional EAL (English as Additional Language) support likely needed.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
381 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
22.77 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
247 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in South East by supported asylum.