About Highgate
This is a snapshot of Highgate in numbers, at the time we published the Neighbourhood Plan in 2017:
- 18,000 residents in 8,000 households
- about 3,300 under 30s and 3,300 over 60s
- covers nearly 5m sq metres – equivalent to 700 football pitches
- gained 1,800 people, a 10% increase in the last decade
- 27% of it is garden, and 44% green space
- reported 1,600 crimes in the past year, one for every five households with anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime topping the list
- over a half owner occupiers and a third who rent privately
- has more road (11% of area) than domestic buildings (9%)
- 7,000 cars owned by its residents
- three out of ten residents born abroad
- contains schools with more than 3,000 pupils
- about 1,000 residents aged over 75 and 140 over 90
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Neighbourhood Forum Spring
Spring has finally sprung and the Highgate Neighbourhood Forum has been busy. We have successfully been redesignated by both councils ensuring our community benefits from the opportunities offered by the Localism Act and has access to the powers and funds offered by...
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Highgate Coffee and Computers
Need advice about using a computer, tablet or smartphone? Whether it’s emails, the Internet, storing family photos, it’s never too late to learn. Come to one of our sessions, which are informal and relaxed and offer one to one help. Sessions are held most Fridays at...
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Join or help our Coffee and Computers sessions
Free drop-in sessions Need advice about using a computer, tablet or smartphone? Whether it’s emails, the Internet, storing family photos, it’s never too late to learn. Come to one of our sessions, which are informal and relaxed and offer one to one help. Sessions are...
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