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Staffordshire Moorlands

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen BradleyConservative · Staffordshire Moorlands
36 people on asylum support in Staffordshire Moorlands

Rank 249 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 3.72 per 10,000 puts Staffordshire Moorlands in the 38th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. Accommodation and support for 36 people at £107 per person per day is about £1.4M a year.

What asylum costs Staffordshire Moorlands

£813Kestimated hotel costs/year
£92Ksubsistence payments/year
£43KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 36 people on asylum support in Staffordshire Moorlands(0.04% 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.

Staffordshire Moorlands: asylum numbers still rising

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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281990Jun 2019Dec 2025Peak Dec 2025Rwanda schemeAlbania dealRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 20191
Sept 20191
Dec 20191
Mar 20201
Jun 20201
Sept 20201
Dec 20201
Mar 20211
Jun 20211
Sept 20211
Dec 20211
Mar 20221
Jun 20221
Sept 20221
Dec 20221
Mar 20231
Jun 20231
Dec 20233
Mar 20243
Jun 20243
Sept 20243
Dec 20243
Mar 20259
Jun 202514
Sept 202526
Dec 202528

Trend

+2Latest quarter change
+27Change across series
26Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation36
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
36
Homes for Ukraine
162
Afghan programme
7
Resettlement cumulative
5

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine162
Afghan programme7
Resettlement cumulative5

Population context

All pathways total205
Share of local population0.21%

Ethnic composition projection

Staffordshire Moorlands: White British 96.6% (2021) to 71.7% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Staffordshire Moorlands

0255075100% of populationCensus 2021White British 72% in 2051White Other 8% in 2051Asian 10% in 2051Black 4% in 2051Mixed 3% in 205120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixed

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: Staffordshire Moorlands

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

2011
97%
2021
97%
2026proj
93%
2031proj
90%
2036proj
86%
2041proj
81%
2046proj
76%
9%
2051proj
72%
10%
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 Staffordshire Moorlands ranges from51.7% to 79.3%by 2051. That is a 27.7pp 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 60.9% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 0.3% (2021) → 0.4% (2051). Christian 62.9% → 15.3%.

Religion: Staffordshire Moorlands

1030496989%Census 2021Christian 15% in 2051No religion 84% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religion

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

Nativity

2.6% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.11). 99.1% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Staffordshire Moorlands

0255075100%Census 2021UK-born 83% in 2051Foreign-born 17% 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.

low immigration: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 7% moved within UK, 0.2% arrived from abroad
black17.5% internal, 4.2% international
asian13.8% internal, 0.5% international
white other10.8% internal, 2.2% international
mixed12.2% internal, 0.6% international
other9% internal, 1.8% international
white british6.8% internal, 0.2% international

Why Staffordshire Moorlands is changing

-0.9pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1.4pp
Local migration
+6.9pp

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

Dominant driver: local migration. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

Full demographic profileSchool pressure, housing demand, service demand scoring, economic profile, language projections, and more on UK Demographics.View Staffordshire Moorlands on UK Demographics →