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, and another ten years later. Most houses in the suburb were built in the 1970s.
Southgate statistical area covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Southgate had a population of 1,086 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 78 people (âÂÂ6.7%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 90 people (âÂÂ7.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 525 males, 549 females, and 12 people of other genders in 408 dwellings. 5.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 43.2 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 168 people (15.5%) aged under 15 years, 168 (15.5%) aged 15 to 29, 585 (53.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 162 (14.9%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 77.9% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 9.4% MÃÂori; 6.1% Pasifika; 13.8% Asian; 4.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.4%, MÃÂori by 2.5%, Samoan by 3.3%, and other languages by 24.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 32.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 30.4% Christian, 5.2% Hindu, 0.3% Islam, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 56.1%, and 6.1% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 405 (44.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 372 (40.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 135 (14.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $55,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 237 people (25.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 534 (58.2%) full-time, 129 (14.1%) part-time, and 24 (2.6%) unemployed.