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Stockport

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Navendu Mishra
Navendu MishraLabour · Stockport
664 people on asylum support in Stockport

Rank 40 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 21.78 per 10,000 puts Stockport in the 84th percentile. That means this area carries more than most. 12 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. 485 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 664 people at £107 per person per day is about £25.9M a year.

What asylum costs Stockport

£15.0Mestimated hotel costs/year
£1.7Msubsistence payments/year
£797KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 664 people on asylum support in Stockport(0.71% 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.

Stockport: asylum numbers falling

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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1,0106733370Mar 2014Dec 2025Peak Sept 2023Rwanda schemeAlbania dealBibby StockholmRwanda scrapped
Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 201498
Jun 2014100
Sept 201498
Dec 2014107
Mar 2015110
Jun 2015115
Sept 2015106
Dec 2015118
Mar 2016123
Jun 2016130
Sept 2016146
Dec 2016151
Mar 2017154
Jun 2017150
Sept 2017143
Dec 2017153
Mar 2018175
Jun 2018156
Sept 2018158
Dec 2018154
Mar 2019161
Jun 2019153
Sept 2019177
Dec 2019157
Mar 2020163
Jun 2020171
Sept 2020167
Dec 2020162
Mar 2021150
Jun 2021145
Sept 2021145
Dec 2021276
Mar 2022238
Jun 2022239
Sept 2022336
Dec 2022664
Mar 2023665
Jun 2023545
Sept 20231,010
Dec 2023793
Mar 2024504
Jun 2024636
Sept 2024834
Dec 2024847
Mar 2025630
Jun 2025718
Sept 2025955
Dec 2025834

Trend

-121Latest quarter change
+736Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation167
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only12
Contingency accommodation485

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
664
Homes for Ukraine
467
Afghan programme
36
Resettlement cumulative
26

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine467
Afghan programme36
Resettlement cumulative26

Population context

All pathways total1,167
Share of local population0.38%

Ethnic composition projection

Stockport: White British 83.4% (2021) to 62.2% (2051). 80% CI: 61.3, 65.8%.

Ethnic composition: Stockport

023477094% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 52% in 2061White Other 5% in 2061Asian 20% in 2061Black 3% in 2061Mixed 11% in 2061Other 9% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther 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: Stockport

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

2011
89%
2021
83%
2031proj
78%
10%
2041proj
71%
13%
2051proj
62%
16%
2061proj
52%
20%
11%
9%
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 Stockport ranges from61.4% to 72.1%by 2051. That is a 10.7pp 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 65.8% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 5.8% (2021) → 12.4% (2051). Christian 50.1% → 9.8%.

Religion: Stockport

121416181%Census 2021Christian 10% in 2051No religion 76% in 2051Muslim 12% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

9.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.38). 95.7% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Stockport

427507396%Census 2021UK-born 55% in 2051Foreign-born 46% 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: 7.6% moved within UK, 0.5% arrived from abroad
black11.6% internal, 2.2% international
other10.6% internal, 2.6% international
white other10.5% internal, 1.7% international
asian9.8% internal, 2.3% international
mixed10.9% internal, 0.6% international
white british7% internal, 0.2% international

Why Stockport is changing

-5.6pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.7pp
Local migration
+1.5pp

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

Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

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