WARD PROFILE: SOUTHGATE 2021

Southgate ward is situated in the west of the Borough, bordered to the north by Cockfosters and Highlands ward, to the east by Grange and Winchmore Hill wards, to the south by

Southgate Green ward, and to the west by the London Borough of Barnet. It is covered by postal district N14 and N21.

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This Profile is intended to provide a guide to the demography, social and economic data and Council facilities in the ward.

It has been collated using the most up to date local-level data relating to 2020/21 as far as possible. A variety of statistical sources, both national and local, have been used in its compilation.

Appendix A has a table of key statistics for at a glance comparison with Borough averages.

The ward is represented by the following Councillors:

Name Party Contact Votes received in 2018 election

Charith A Gunawardena Charith A Gunawardena

Green Party 020 8379 3012 1,896

Stephanos Ioannou Conservative 020 8379 8457 1,809

Derek Laurence Levy Independent 020 8379 1741 1,809

At the 2018 council elections, voter turnout in Southgate was 43.1%.

Southgate ward falls in the parliamentary seat of Enfield Southgate.

Summary Statistics

Measure Southgate Enfield Source

Population Estimate (2020) 16,168 333,587 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

Children aged 0-15 3,434 75,920 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

Working-age people (16-64) 10,318 212,830 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

Older people aged 65+ 2,416 44,837 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

% All Children aged 0-15 21.2 22.8 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

% All Working-age (16-64) 63.8 63.8 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

% All Older people aged 65+ 14.9 13.4 ONS mid-year estimates 2020

% BAME - 2019 30.3 36.6 Enfield Council Estimates 2019

% BAME - 2011 31.6 39.0 Census 2011

% Not Born in UK - 2011 33.2 35.1 Census 2011

% English is First Language of no one in

household - 201111.7 14.1 Census 2011

Area - Square Kilometres 2.7 82.2Ministry for Housing, Communities

and Local Government

Population density (people per sq km) 5,988 4,058ONS mid-year estimates 2020 /

MHCLG

Political Makeup

Demography

Ward Profile

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Population

According to the ONS mid-year estimate 2020, the total population is estimated to be 16,168. This is the 7th largest population of the 21 wards in Enfield.

Age Profile

The percentages of male and female residents in Southgate ward are 48.8% and 51.2% respectively. The distribution of males and females by age band is shown in the chart (above right).

Southgate ward has greater proportions of residents in the 35 to 44 age group, and aged over 75 years, than the borough average. For more information, see appendix.

The population of Southgate Ward has increased by 11.9% since the 2011 Census, according to the latest ONS estimate, which is higher than the average rise for the borough.

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Ethnicity The ward contains relatively large numbers in the White British, Greek, Greek Cypriot and White Other groups. As at the 2011 Census, the percentages of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Group (BAME) was 31.6% and Non-UK Born residents was 33.2%. The percentage of households without English as a first language was 11.7% Enfield Council’s own 2019 estimates give the ward’s BAME Group to be 30.3% of the total population. Ethnicity estimates are produced in-house, using data from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses and the School Census conducted by the local education authority (LEA). The School Census results indicate the changing nature of the population and Enfield pupils recorded themselves under 95 different ethnic codes. Ward ethnicity populations have been consolidated and estimated for the 22 groups that make up the Council’s standard ethnic group classification (see table below)1.

1Please note totals will not sum with ONS population estimates.

Estimated

No.%

Estimated

No.%

White British 6,846 42.7 128463 38.3

White Irish 368 2.3 6427 1.9

Greek 306 1.9 3862 1.2

Greek Cypriot 1,329 8.3 15612 4.7

Turkish 501 3.1 25413 7.6

Turkish Cypriot 251 1.6 6079 1.8

Kurdish 56 0.4 4152 1.2

White Other 1,527 9.5 22501 6.7

White & Black Caribbean 175 1.1 4248 1.3

White and Asian 267 1.7 3627 1.1

White and Black African 83 0.5 2303 0.7

Other mixed 356 2.2 6562 2.0

Indian 891 5.6 11066 3.3

Pakistani 195 1.2 2407 0.7

Bangladeshi 100 0.6 5971 1.8

Chinese 417 2.6 2441 0.7

Other Asian 643 4.0 11954 3.6

Somali 88 0.5 9160 2.7

Other Black African 409 2.5 25032 7.5

Black Caribbean 302 1.9 17561 5.2

Other Black 115 0.7 8285 2.5

Other Ethnic Group 815 5.1 12300 3.7

Ethnicity (2019)

Southgate Borough

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Language The main languages of residents* given by 2011 Census estimates are:

English 11,105 80%

Turkish 353 3%

Greek 319 2%

Polish 291 2%

Persian/Farsi 134 1% * aged 3 and over

The ward had the highest number of Persian/Farsi speakers in Enfield.

Religion Regarding Religion, the best guide is the 2011 Census. This showed the religious makeup of the ward as:

Religion No. % share Borough

average %

Christian 7312 50.6 53.6

Buddhist 143 1.0 0.6

Hindu 744 5.1 3.5

Jewish 605 4.2 1.4

Muslim 1449 10.0 16.7

Sikh 95 0.7 0.3

Other/none/not stated 4106 28.4 23.8

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Socio-economic classification

Low income households

Southgate had the 8th highest average (median) household income of the 21 wards in Enfield, as estimated by CACI in 2021. Average household income in the ward is above the median level for the borough as a whole, and also higher than the London average. The proportion of households with an income of less than £15,000 was put at 9.8% compared to a Borough average of 15.4%. This was the 4th lowest proportion of the 21 wards and lower than the London average. Provisional statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions indicate that, at 2020, 358 children in the ward (10.5% of the total) were living in families with relative low income, and 277 (8.1%) were in families of Absolute low income2. The proportions of children in poverty compared with local, regional and national averages are shown in the chart below.

2 Relative low income: equivalised household income is less than 60% of the UK median for that year. Absolute low income:

equivalised household income is less than 60% of the UK median for the period 2010-2011.

Socio-economic factors

The 2011 Census results showed that Southgate had an above average proportion of people in managerial groups with about 39% more people than would be expected from the

Borough average.

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Benefit Claims

• As at June 2021, the claimant count3 in Southgate was 605, representing 5.9% of the local working-age population.

• At February 2021, 19% of households in the ward (1,257) were claiming Universal Credit – this includes working households.

Economically active people

The estimated proportion of people in work or looking for work (the economically active) was higher than the borough average in 2011. For number and rates see appendix.

Deprivation score

The Indices of Deprivation 2019 – produced for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government– can be used to calculate the likely deprivation ranking of the ward. Analysis carried out by the Local Government Association indicates that, within Enfield, Southgate is the 18th most deprived (or the fourth least deprived) of the 21 wards in the Borough. The same analysis estimates that it is among the 50% least deprived wards in England.

Fuel Poverty Ward-level analysis of government statistics4 reveal that, as at 2019, 10.8% of households in the ward were in fuel poverty. This proportion was lower than both the borough and England averages.

3 The ‘narrow’ measure of unemployment: the number of people receiving either Job Seekers’ Allowance, or unemployed

claimants of Universal Credit who are required to seek work.

4 Published by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The map illustrates deprivation levels for wards in Enfield, when compared with the rest of the 7,180 wards in England for which data were available.

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Crime

Appendix A has two crime related indicators by which the ward is compared to the Borough average:-

• Crime rate

• Anti-social behaviour rate

The latest crime rates and trends can be obtained from the Metropolitan Police crime mapping website.

The most recent estimates of the life expectancies5 for men and women in the ward show that both have a higher expectancy than the Enfield and England averages.

Considering the age structure of the ward the number of deaths is lower than would be expected, although mortality rates from Circulatory disease are relatively high.

Life expectancies and Standardised Mortality Ratios by cause of death are shown in the charts below.

5 Public Health England: Life Expectancy at birth 2015-2019

Health

General Health

In the 2011 Census the population were asked a question about their general health.

The graph (right) shows the response.

For the numbers of people in these categories see appendix.

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Obesity The chart below shows the percentage of Reception and Year 6 children and adults in the ward who are overweight or obese, compared with the borough and national averages.

The latest health information about the ward can be obtained from the Local Health website by choosing Find My Area and entering the ward name. Within the ward there is one GP surgery:

o Highlands Health Centre – 3 Florey Square, Winchmore Hill, N21 1UJ

and four dental surgeries:

o Chase Dental Care – 117 Chase Side, Southgate N14 5HD o Southgate Dental Practice – 9 Chase Side, Southgate N14 5BP o Mr. P.C. Vaswani – 1 Chase Side, Southgate N14 5BP o Southgate Smiles – 5 The Broadway, Southgate N14 6PH

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The 2011 (Census) profile of the households in the ward by housing tenure (sector) is:

Tenure No. (% share) Borough average %

Owner occupied 3733 (63.2%) 58.8%

Private rented 1741 (29.5%) 23.6%

Council 195 (3.3%) 11.4%

Registered social landlord 240 (4.1%) 6.2%

The 2011 Census data provides a view of the accommodation type by ward compared with the rest of the borough. In Southgate ward there is a higher percentage of semi-detached houses and purpose-built flats, and a lower proportion of terraced houses.

For the numbers of dwellings in these categories see appendix.

In the year to December 2020 the median property sale price for Southgate ward was £475,000, 12% higher than the Borough median of £425,000, but having fallen by 7% since the previous year.

Housing

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There are five primary schools, one independent secondary school and one college in the ward:

Eversley Primary School - www.eversley.enfield.sch.uk/ St. Andrews Southgate – http://www.st-andrews-southgate.enfield.sch.uk/ Walker Primary School - www.walker.enfield.sch.uk/ Wolfson Hillel Primary School – www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk West Grove Primary - www.westgrove.enfield.sch.uk North London Hospital School, The Priory, Grovelands House, N14 6RA Barnet and Southgate College (Southgate campus) - http://www.barnetsouthgate.ac.uk/ School performance The Department for Education publishes school performance data on their searchable webpages. Qualifications in adults Taken from the 2011 Census data the graph below the percentage of adults in the ward with no qualifications, and with lower-level and higher-level qualifications.

Qualifications: The term ‘no qualifications’ describes people without any academic, vocational or professional qualifications. The term ‘lower level’ qualifications is used to describe qualifications equivalent to levels 1 to 3 of the National Key Learning Targets (i.e. GSCE’s O levels, A levels, NVQ levels 1-3). The term ’Higher level’ refers to qualifications of levels 4 and above (i.e. first degrees, higher degrees, NVQ levels 4 and 5, HND, HNC and certain professional qualifications).

Education

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There is one static library in the ward: Southgate Circus Library, High Street Tel No 020 8350 1124 The ward has two leisure centres within its boundaries as well as a bowls centre: Pure Gym on Winchmore Hill Road Southgate Leisure Centre, on Winchmore Hill Road. Tel No: 020 8882 7963 Bramley Bowls Centre, Chase Side. Tel No: 020 8882 7963 The ward has 4 parks or open spaces:

o Bourneside Sports Ground o Oakwood Park o Ivy Road Open space o Odeon Gardens

There are also the following sports and social clubs in the ward: Walker Cricket Ground, Waterfall Road Website: http://www.thewalkerground.co.uk/ Southgate Cricket Club, Waterfall Road Website: http://www.southgatecc.com/ Southgate Adelaide Hockey Club, Waterfall Road Website: www.southgate-adelaide.org Oakhill Tigers Football Club, Waterfall Road Website: www.oakhilltigers.co.uk Old Ashmolean Rugby Football Club, The Bourne Tel: 020 8886 3344 Arnos Bowling Club, Chase Side Website: https://terencehwarner.wixsite.com/arnosbowlsclub Southgate Snooker Club, Station Parade Tel No: 020 8882 7541 Southgate Israeli Dancing, Chase Side Website: http://www.israeli-dancing.co.uk/ There are allotments at Bourne Allotments, The Bourne, N14 6NN. For further information contact Enfield Council on 020 8379 1000 or visit the website.

Culture and Leisure

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There are 4 places of worship within the boundaries of the ward:

o Southgate & District Reform Synagogue o The Bourne Methodist Church Tel No: 020 8886 6136 o St. Andrew’s Parish Church Tel No: 020 8886 7523 o Cockfosters and Southgate Synagogue

Voluntary and Community Sector Some locally based community organisations are given below.

• Royal British Legion, Southgate Branch, Nursery Road, N14 5QD - a UK charity providing help and welfare to the serving and ex-Service community and their families. Further information: http://counties.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/greater-london/london-branches/southgate

• Enfield School of Life Saving, Lakenheath, N14 4RT – The school teaches lifesaving awards from the RLSS Syllabus. Covering ages 10 to 19+ courses are run on a school term basis. Further information: https://www.enfieldlifesaving.org.uk/

• Allan Pullinger Youth Centre, Information: https://en-gb.facebook.com/AlanPullingerYouthClub

• Over 50 Bangladeshi Society – St Andrews Church, Chase Side N14 5PP

• Enfield and Barnet Chinese Association

• Southgate Homebound and Disabled Association

• UK Thalassaemia Society - The society provides support, counselling and information to those affected by Thalassaemia. They co-ordinate and promote research and help educate patients and healthcare professionals on the latest and most successful treatments. They also aim to educate the wider population about Thalassaemia and encourage as many people as possible to undergo blood screenings so that carriers can be identified and can receive appropriate counselling. http://www.ukts.org/

Additional Sources of information

For local information visit the Enfield Council website homepage: http://www.enfield.gov.uk/. Creating an Enfield Connected account will enable you to find out about local events and services.

A collation of various data including latest best estimates is at Appendix A.

For statistics, search on the London Datastore or select profiles or data on NOMIS.

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Appendix A – Data tables

No %

Borough

average no.

/ %

relative %

diff.

TOTAL:-

POPULATION – 2020 16168 15885 2

HOUSEHOLDS – 2011 5909 5710 3

Owner Occupied 3733 63.2 58.8 7

Council 195 3.3 11.4 -71

Registered Social Landlord 240 4.1 6.2 -34

Private Renting 1741 29.5 23.6 25

AGE STRUCTURE – 2020

0-4 1032 6.4 7.0 -9

5-14 2218 13.7 14.5 -5

15-24 1584 9.8 11.4 -14

25-44 5064 31.3 29.1 7

45-64 3854 23.8 24.6 -3

65-74 1089 6.7 7.0 -4

75+ 1327 8.2 6.4 28

ETHNIC MIX – 2019 (Enfield Council Estimates)

White British 6846 42.7 38.3 11

White Irish 368 2.3 1.9 20

Greek 306 1.9 1.2 66

Greek Cypriot 1329 8.3 4.7 78

Turkish 501 3.1 7.6 -59

Turkish Cypriot 251 1.6 1.8 -14

Kurdish 56 0.4 1.2 -72

White Other 1527 9.5 6.7 42

White & Black Caribbean 175 1.1 1.3 -14

White and Asian 267 1.7 1.1 54

White and Black African 83 0.5 0.7 -24

Other mixed 356 2.2 2.0 13

Indian 891 5.6 3.3 68

Pakistani 195 1.2 0.7 69

Bangladeshi 100 0.6 1.8 -65

Chinese 417 2.6 0.7 257

Other Asian 643 4.0 3.6 12

Somali 88 0.5 2.7 -80

Black African 409 2.5 7.5 -66

Black Caribbean 302 1.9 5.2 -64

Other Black 115 0.7 2.5 -71

Other Ethnic Group 815 5.1 3.7 39

RELIGION – 2011

Christian 7312 50.6 53.6 -6

Buddhist 143 1.0 0.6 69

Hindu 744 5.1 3.5 47

Jewish 605 4.2 1.4 196

Muslim 1449 10.0 16.7 -40

Sikh 95 0.7 0.3 91

Other / not stated / none 4106 28.4 23.9 19

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Appendix A – Data tables

No %

Borough

average no.

/ %

relative %

diff.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY in the 16-64 age group

All economically active, 2011 6974 76.0 73.4 3

Unemployed — Claimant Count June 2021 650 6.9 8.8 -22

INCOME - 2021

Households with less than £15,000 (gross) a year 546 10.0 15.4 -35

Households claiming Universal Credit (Feb 2021) 1262 23.2 30.7 -25

QUALIFICATIONS – 2011

No qualifications 1839 16.3 23.0 -29

Level 1 only 1074 9.5 12.9 -26

Level 2 1380 12.2 13.8 -11

Level 3 1195 10.6 10.5 1

Level 4 and above 4521 40.0 28.7 40

HOUSING TYPE – 2011

Detached 274 5.2 7.0 -25

Semi-detached 1995 38.0 23.5 62

Terraced 1057 20.2 31.1 -35

Flat - purpose built 1205 23.0 30.1 -24

Flat - in a shared house 624 11.9 6.8 76

Other 89 1.7 1.5 10

CARS IN HOUSEHOLDS – 2011 - nos. of households with:

0 cars 1349 26.2 32.5 -19

1 car 2252 43.7 43.3 1

2+ cars 1553 30.1 24.3 24

HOUSEHOLD TYPES – 2011

One person 1270 24.6 27.8 -11

All occupants aged 65 plus 371 7.2 5.5 32

Married couple or civil partnership, no children 462 9.0 7.9 13

Married couple or civil partnership, with dependent children 933 18.1 17.4 4

Married couple or civil partnership, all children non dependent 440 8.5 6.8 25

Cohabiting couple, no children 212 4.1 3.4 20

Cohabiting couple, with dependent children 119 2.3 3.0 -22

Cohabiting couple, all children non dependent 20 0.4 0.4 -9

Lone parent 614 11.9 16.7 -28

Other 713 13.8 11.0 25

PERSONS WITH LONG TERM HEALTH PROBLEM / DISABILITY – 2011

Limiting a lot 972 7.1 7.3 -3

Limiting a little 1112 8.1 8.1 0

GENERAL HEALTH – 2011

Very good 6629 48.1 46.8 3

Good 4853 35.2 35.0 1

Fair 1653 12.0 12.7 -6

Bad 488 3.5 4.1 -14

Very bad 164 1.2 1.3 -11

LIFE EXPECTANCY (years) - 2015-2019:

Males 82.5 80.6 2

Females 85.7 84.6 1

Standardised Mortality Ratio - 2015-2019 80.2 89.9 -11

COMMUNITY SAFETY - 2020

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) 69.3 85.2 -19

Anti-social behaviour rate 59.1 50.8 16

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Sources and related notes Various measures – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright, Office for National Statistics. NB. 2021 Census data is not due to be available until 2022/2023. Population – ONS mid-year population estimate 2020 Households – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright Age structure – ONS mid-year population estimate 2020 Religion – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright Ethnic mix – Council estimates for 2019; note there are difficulties in estimating ethnic group sizes at ward level and the figures given here must be treated with caution and used as a guide to the possible mix in the ward Economic Activity – all economically active 16-64 year olds = working plus unemployed – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright, the activity rate (%) is the % of the population aged 16-64 Unemployment — the official DWP ‘claimant count’, June 2021 Income – Low income households – CACI Paycheck; 2021; © CACI Deprivation – Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government. Ward-level analysis by Local Government Association Children in low-income households – Department for Work and Pensions (2020) Fuel Poverty – Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019) Qualifications – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright; note that this table excludes apprenticeships and ‘other’ qualifications Housing type – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright Cars – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright Household types – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright Persons with a long-term health problem/disability – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright General health – 2011 Census; © Crown Copyright Life expectancy – Public Health England, based on 2015-2019 data Crime rate – uses crime counts from the Metropolitan Police for 2020

The relative % diff[erence] is the area % divided by the Borough % (expressed as a % above or below the Borough average)

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