Electoral wardE05012924
Southgate ward, Crawley
Southgate is one of 13 electoral wards of Crawley Borough Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,604 residents in 3,784 households — 5,304 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crawley constituency; for county elections it is in the Northgate & West Green and Southgate & Gossops Green divisions.
Residents, 20219,604council ward average 9,115
Households3,7842.54 residents per household
Density5,304/ km²about 1.81 km² · Crawley 2,635
Aged 65+14.9%Crawley: 13.3% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 653
5–96.9% · 666
10–157.1% · 681
16–193.7% · 357
20–245.4% · 515
25–3416.0% · 1,540
35–4922.6% · 2,169
50–6416.6% · 1,597
65–747.5% · 719
75–844.7% · 447
85+2.7% · 261
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.7% · 1,010
1 car or van42.0% · 1,591
2 cars or vans23.9% · 904
3 or more7.4% · 279
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Crawley overall: 55.8% owned, 22.9% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright25.1% · 950
With mortgage26.0% · 982
Shared ownership0.9% · 33
Social rented24.4% · 925
Private rented23.5% · 890
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 423
Semi-detached house17.0% · 643
Terraced house37.2% · 1,409
Purpose-built flat31.7% · 1,200
Converted house1.6% · 59
Other conversion0.6% · 21
Above shop / office0.8% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012924- Council
- Crawley Borough Council
- County council
- West Sussex County Council
- County division
- Northgate & West Green, Southgate & Gossops Green
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
BBewbush & North Broadfield8.5% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned11,239BBroadfield10.3% aged 65+ · 41.8% owned10,448FFurnace Green22.8% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned6,003GGossops Green & North East Broadfield17.6% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned6,561IIfield15.3% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned10,579LLangley Green & Tushmore11.6% aged 65+ · 49.2% owned9,106MMaidenbower9.6% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned9,349NNorthgate & West Green12.7% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned11,575PPound Hill North & Forge Wood12.9% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned9,479PPound Hill South & Worth16.6% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned8,387TThree Bridges11.9% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned9,649TTilgate14.8% aged 65+ · 58.6% owned6,512
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.