Trend
+4 Latest quarter change
+376 Change across series
39 Official data points
Windsor and Maidenhead
377 on asylum support. Rank 97 nationally, 7 in South East. Rate: 23.72 per 10,000 (82nd percentile). Regional provider: Clearsprings Ready Homes.
Summary
Windsor and Maidenhead has 377 people on asylum support at quarter end, ranking 97 out of 361 local authorities nationally. The rate of 23.72 per 10,000 residents places it around the 82nd percentile. 358 are in contingency accommodation (95% of total). No hotel evidence attached yet. These are quarter-end stock numbers, not throughput.
Supported asylum in Windsor and Maidenhead
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 15
Initial accommodation 0
Subsistence only 4
Contingency accommodation 358
Pathway breakdown
Other routes
Homes for Ukraine 524
Afghan programme 20
Resettlement cumulative 26
Population context
All pathways total 921
Share of local population 0.58%
Hotel evidence
No public hotel evidence attached to this area yet.
No public hotel evidence logged for this area yet.
Ethnic composition projection
Windsor and Maidenhead: WBI 69.0% (2021) → 34.8% (2051). White British minority by ~2039. 80% CI: 30.8–35.8%.
Ethnic composition — Windsor and Maidenhead
White British White Other Asian 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 6.0% (2021) → 10.3% (2051). Christian 53.1% → 16.2%.
Religion — Windsor and Maidenhead
Christian No religion Muslim Hindu Sikh
Nativity
21.7% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: diverse (entropy 0.57). 91.3% main language English.
UK-born vs foreign-born — Windsor and Maidenhead
UK-born Foreign-born
established diversity: High foreign-born share means ethnic change is migration-driven. Future projections are sensitive to immigration policy.
Why Windsor and Maidenhead is changing
-8.5ppWhite British change 2011–2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.
Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).
Economy & housing by ethnicity
Census 2021 employment, homeownership, and qualifications by ethnic group.
Employment rate
White British 63.1%
Mixed 70.5%
White Other 75.2%
Other 69.4%
Homeownership rate
White British 69.5%
Mixed 55.2%
White Other 49.8%
Other 56.7%
Degree+ qualification rate
White British 43.1%
Mixed 46.9%
White Other 56.5%
Other 53.7%
Source
Census 2021 RM018 (economic activity), RM134 (tenure), RM049 (qualifications) by ethnic group. Observed, not projected.
School ethnicity
DfE School Census 2024/25: 22,677 pupils. 55.3% White British. Schools are 13.8pp more diverse than the general population.
Pupil ethnicity
White British 55.3%
Asian 18.5%
Mixed 10.8%
White Other 10.5%
Black 2.5%
Other 2.4%
What this means
Schools are 14pp more diverse than the general population — schools show the future.
44.7% Minority pupils now
57.5% 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
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
377 National distribution.
Supported asylum rate
23.72 Per 10,000 residents.
Contingency accommodation
358 Hotel and contingency placements.
Regional peers
Top 6 in South East by supported asylum.