Southgate, New Zealand

Suburb in Wellington City, New Zealand

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 2024)[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.

A housing development was created on Buckley Road in 1957,^[3] and another ten years later.^[4] Most houses in the suburb were built in the 1970s.^[5]

Southgate statistical area covers 0.47 km² (0.18 sq mi).^[1] It had an estimated population of 1,170 as of June 2024,^[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]