| Southgate | |||||
| Caption1: | Cook Strait from Southgate | ||||
| Coordinates: | -41.341°N 174.781°W | ||||
| City1: | Wellington City | ||||
| Council: | Wellington City Council | ||||
| Area: | 47 | ||||
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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.
A housing development was created on Buckley Road in 1957,[1] and another ten years later.[2] Most houses in the suburb were built in the 1970s.[3]
Southgate statistical area covers 0.47km2.[4] It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of 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.