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