Trend
-1 Latest quarter change
+111 Change across series
11 Official data points
Westmorland and Furness
233 on asylum support. Rank 129 nationally, 32 in North West. Rate: 10.12 per 10,000 (56th percentile). Regional provider: Serco.
2025-12-31 North West region
Summary
Westmorland and Furness has 233 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 129 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 10.12 per 10,000 residents places it around the 56th percentile. No contingency accommodation recorded. No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Westmorland and Furness
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 232
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 1
Contingency accommodation 0
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 598
Afghan programme 101
Resettlement cumulative 13
Population context
All pathways total 932
Share of local population 0.4%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Westmorland and Furness: WBI 94.6% (2021) → 82.7% (2051).
Ethnic composition — Westmorland and Furness
White British White Other Asian
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.
Economy & housing by ethnicity
Census 2021 employment, homeownership, and qualifications by ethnic group.
Employment rate
White British 57.9%
Mixed 69.8%
White Other 75.7%
Other 70.9%
Homeownership rate
White British 73.2%
Mixed 53.1%
White Other 42.5%
Other 39.5%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 32.7%
Mixed 42%
White Other 44.3%
Other 39.1%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 29,936 pupils. 91.1% White British.
Pupil ethnicity
White British 91.1%
White Other 3.3%
Mixed 2.5%
Asian 1.5%
Black 0.9%
Other 0.7%
What this means
School and population ethnic composition are closely aligned.
8.9% Minority pupils now
21.5% 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
Interpreter demand is manageable at current levels.
foreign-born growth to 2051
Housing demand growth from demographic change is moderate.
EAL growth
EAL demand growth is moderate.
National benchmarks
Supported asylum count
233 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
10.12 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
0 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in North West by supported asylum.