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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006581

Southgate

Southgate is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,355 residents in Crawley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,355

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,217

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,519.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

49.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Hemel Hempstead Town, Dacorum11,615 residents · 49.9% owned · 22.9% no carAshford Central, Ashford12,105 residents · 45.1% owned · 28.4% no carLittle Parndon & Hare Street, Harlow10,060 residents · 44.0% owned · 26.7% no carBullbrook, Bracknell Forest10,193 residents · 51.9% owned · 19.2% no carShirley South, Southampton8,018 residents · 47.7% owned · 31.5% no carGarston, Watford8,399 residents · 55.4% owned · 19.4% no car

Most similar within Crawley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Manor Royal & Northgate, Crawley12,582 residents · 40.3% owned · 31.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southgate

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned49.9%
2,103 households
Private rented24.4%
1,030 households
Social rented24.2%
1,019 households
Shared ownership1.4%
61 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement37.7%
1,588 households
Terraced28.4%
1,196 households
Semi-detached19.3%
813 households
Detached11.2%
471 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
81 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,816 households
No cars or vans in household27.6%
1,165 households
2 cars or vans in household22.5%
948 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
287 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms32.3%
1,362 households
2 bedrooms31%
1,307 households
1 bedroom21.6%
911 households
4 or more bedrooms15.1%
636 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.7%
2,473 households
One-person household30.2%
1,274 households
Other household types11.1%
467 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.6%
1,334 households
1 person in household30.2%
1,274 households
3 people in household16.2%
683 households
4 people in household13.6%
573 households
5 people in household5.2%
219 households
6 people in household2.1%
88 households
7 people in household0.8%
33 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
1,994 residents
15–2919.2%
1,984 residents
30–4426.3%
2,726 residents
45–6421.9%
2,268 residents
65 and over13.3%
1,382 residents
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.4%
7,396 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15.8%
1,632 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.3%
545 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
466 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
316 residents
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.2%
2,493 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18%
1,484 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,288 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,222 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.4%
5,392 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.8%
2,709 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18%
1,481 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.6%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
1,147 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
1,122 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.8%
805 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
418 residents aged 16 and over
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.4%
5,009 residents
Good health35.7%
3,693 residents
Fair health11.4%
1,184 residents
Bad health3.5%
367 residents
Very bad health1%
103 residents
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.7%
8,770 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.3%
1,585 residents
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.6%
1,840 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,475 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.5%
697 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
189 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Southgate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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