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Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Andrew Ranger
Andrew RangerLabour · Wrexham
117 people on asylum support in Wrexham

Rank 170 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 8.48 per 10,000 puts Wrexham in the 58th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 1 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 117 people at £107 per person per day is about £4.6M a year.

What asylum costs Wrexham

£2.6Mestimated hotel costs/year
£299Ksubsistence payments/year
£140KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 117 people on asylum support in Wrexham(0.13% 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.

Wrexham: 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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Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 201451
Jun 201452
Sept 201458
Dec 201465
Mar 201571
Jun 201568
Sept 201574
Dec 201590
Mar 2016110
Jun 2016123
Sept 2016140
Dec 2016146
Mar 2017151
Jun 2017147
Sept 2017162
Dec 2017156
Mar 2018165
Jun 2018164
Sept 2018148
Dec 2018162
Mar 2019159
Jun 2019154
Sept 2019139
Dec 2019135
Mar 2020143
Jun 2020141
Sept 2020135
Dec 2020124
Mar 2021125
Jun 2021127
Sept 2021120
Dec 2021124
Mar 2022122
Jun 2022135
Sept 2022141
Dec 2022143
Mar 2023137
Jun 2023193
Sept 2023195
Dec 2023178
Mar 2024183
Jun 2024163
Sept 2024147
Dec 2024125
Mar 2025109
Jun 2025115
Sept 2025117
Dec 2025128

Trend

+11Latest quarter change
+77Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation116
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only1
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
117
Homes for Ukraine
179
Afghan programme
22
Resettlement cumulative
89

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine179
Afghan programme22
Resettlement cumulative89

Population context

All pathways total318
Share of local population0.23%

Ethnic composition projection

Wrexham: White British 90.7% (2021) to 74.2% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Wrexham

025497498% of populationCensus 2021White British 74% in 2051White Other 10% in 2051Asian 7% in 2051Black 3% 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: Wrexham

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

2011
93%
2021
91%
2026proj
88%
2031proj
86%
2036proj
83%
2041proj
80%
9%
2046proj
77%
10%
2051proj
74%
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.

Religion projection

Muslim 1.2% (2021) → 3.5% (2051). Christian 53.0% → 13.0%.

Religion: Wrexham

022446587%Census 2021Christian 13% in 2051No religion 82% in 2051Muslim 3% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

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

Nativity

7.9% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: low diversity (entropy 0.24). 94.9% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Wrexham

326507497%Census 2021UK-born 72% in 2051Foreign-born 28% 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.

Why Wrexham is changing

-2.4pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-1pp
Local migration
+5.1pp

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

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

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