Southgate
Suburb
Cook Strait from Southgate
Coordinates: 41°20′28″S 174°46′52″E / 41.341°S 174.781°E / -41.341; 174.781
Country	New Zealand
City	Wellington City
Local authority	Wellington City Council
Electoral ward	Paekawakawa/Southern Ward Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward
Area [1]
• Land	47 ha (116 acres)
Population  (June 2022)[2]
• Total	1,170

Berhampore	Newtown	Melrose
Island Bay	Southgate	Houghton Bay
	(Cook Strait)

Southgate is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, in the Paekawakawa/Southern Ward. The main road is Buckley Road, which runs south from the point at which Mount Albert Road changes name to Houghton Bay Road.

The earliest residential housing was at the beginning of the 20th century.^[3] A housing development was created on Buckley Road in 1957,^[4] and another ten years later.^[5] Most houses in the suburb were built in the 1970s.^[3]

Demographics

Southgate statistical area covers 0.47 km² (0.18 sq mi).^[1] It had an estimated population of 1,170 as of June 2022,^[2] with a population density of 2,489 people per km².

Southgate had a population of 1,164 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 12 people (−1.0%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 9 people (−0.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 432 households, comprising 552 males and 612 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female. The median age was 40.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 204 people (17.5%) aged under 15 years, 219 (18.8%) aged 15 to 29, 600 (51.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 141 (12.1%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 80.9% European/Pākehā, 10.1% Māori, 7.2% Pasifika, 11.9% Asian, and 3.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 29.9, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.0% had no religion, 32.7% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.9% were Hindu, 1.0% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 3.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 369 (38.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 99 (10.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $43,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. 279 people (29.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 561 (58.4%) people were employed full-time, 132 (13.8%) were part-time, and 42 (4.4%) were unemployed.^[6]

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