HousingMigration
SourceCPS, How Many Homes Does the UK Need? (2025) · DLUHC · ONS
PeriodEngland, long-run series
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Population vs dwellings, five-year moving average
Net migration (blue bars) has driven population growth well above the rate of new dwelling construction (red line) since the mid-2000s.
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HousingInfrastructure
Population growth and capital stock, 2011–2021
England's population grew 6.6% between 2011 and 2021, but infrastructure has not kept pace. GP premises grew 4.0%, secondary schools 4.9%, while electricity generation capacity fell 14.2%.
HousingMigration
Actual vs required housing stock growth, 2013–2023
Of 3.4 million homes needed over the decade, only 2.1 million were built — leaving 1.3 million in unmet demand, predominantly driven by net migration.
ImmigrationHousing
Asylum seekers in hotels and other contingency accommodation
17,276 people on asylum support in the UK were housed in contingency accommodation on 30 June 2026, 16,021 of them in hotels, down from a peak of 58,469 on 30 September 2023, according to Home Office immigration statistics (table Asy_D09).