New Southgate is mainly working adults in their thirties and early forties, split almost evenly between owners and renters. About half own their homes. About a third rent privately. Nearly half have a degree. Most people here are educated and working, and many of them will move on when their lease ends.
The 2021 Census gives the figures for everything on this page. Owner-occupiers make up about 51% of households. About 31% rent privately and about 16% rent from a council or housing association. That leaves New Southgate split close to evenly between owners and renters. A buyer moving in will be getting owner neighbours on some sides and renting neighbours on others.
The typical resident is 38, and about 32% of residents are aged 25 to 44. This is the age when people are building careers, starting families or deciding whether London is worth it. That decision is a big reason the rented flats here change hands so often.
The Office for National Statistics models gross household income, before tax, at about £79,000 a year for the financial year to March 2023, averaged across the area. It is a solid two-earner figure. It pays a London mortgage on a flat without much worry, but it does not stretch to a semi without some anxious calculations.
About 15% of households are headed by a lone parent, and they are part of the everyday pattern of school runs here.
About 27% of households are one person living alone, and about 8% of all households are a single pensioner, a group counted within the one-person households. Couples with dependent children make up about 20%. The adults living alone and the families with children are roughly equal in number here, and they live on the same streets.
About 47% of residents aged 16 and over have a degree, and about 17% have no formal qualifications. Full-time students make up about 3% of residents, so they barely register here. The young adults in New Southgate are mostly working and paying rent from their wages.
About 85% of residents describe their health as good or very good, and about 4% as bad or very bad. Across the London Borough of Barnet, the death rate from preventable causes is better than the England average, and smoking, at about 9% of adults, is similar to it. Both of those are borough figures, and they tell you about Barnet's health services and habits rather than about any particular street in New Southgate.
As a neighbourhood, New Southgate is below average. The residents are educated and earning well, but the high turnover of renters means fewer people put down roots, and buyers looking for long-term neighbours should judge each street by how many owners live on it.