Southgate is mostly owner-occupiers in early middle age, many of them with a degree and a mortgage. About two in three own their home. The typical resident is in their early forties. Nearly half have a degree. Couples raising children and people living alone make up about the same share of households.
About 65% of Southgate households own their home, and about 27% rent privately, with about 8% in social housing. Those shares come from the 2021 census, like every population figure on this page. In a place of 13,694 households, owners easily outnumber tenants, though one household in four renting privately means most streets have tenants on them too.
The typical Southgate resident is about 41, and about 27% of people are in the 25 to 44 bracket. That makes Southgate a place for people who have stopped moving house every few years and started improving the one they have.
The Office for National Statistics models household income in Southgate at about £81,000 a year before tax, for the financial year to March 2023. After tax, the same figure is about £54,000. That is comfortable money, enough to cover a band E council-tax bill without anyone enjoying it.
The household mix is spread out. Couples with children make up about 24% of households, lone parents about 12%. Another 24% of households are one person living alone, and that group includes the 11% who are a single pensioner on their own. People living alone are as common as families with children.
About 47% of residents aged 16 and over have a degree or higher, and about 16% have no formal qualifications. Full-time students make up about 2% of the population, so Southgate doesn't change much when term starts or ends. The same road can hold a consultant and a retired tradesman, and on these streets both of them have probably owned their house for longer than the consultant's car.
About 85% of Southgate residents describe their health as good or very good. Across Enfield as a whole, deaths from preventable causes are better than the England average, and smoking, at about 14% of adults, is similar to England.
Southgate's population is an average mix for London. Most residents own, most are earning, and families and people living alone share the same streets in about equal numbers.