non-residential. At the time of the 2011 census Crawley as a whole had 106,597 residents and a population density of . At the census date there were 2,259 households in Northgate, of which 1,041 (46%) were owned by the occupier, 592 (26%) were rented from Crawley Borough Council or another public-sector landlord, 550 (24%) were rented privately and 33 (1.5%) were occupied rent-free. These proportions were significantly different from the housing tenure mix of Crawley as a whole, where 59% of residences were owned by the occupier, 24% were socially rented (from the council or another public body), 14.5% were privately rented and 1.2% were occupied rent-free. Housing types in Northgate were also different from in Crawley as a whole. Detached, semi-detached and terraced houses made up 8.3%, 17% and 38.4% respectively of the housing in Northgate, 32.9% of residences were flats in purpose-blocks, 2% were flats above commercial premises, and 1.3% were converted premises such as bedsits. In Crawley overall, detached, semi-detached and terraced houses made up 13.9%, 20.7% and 41.6% of the housing stock respectively; 22.3% of residences were in purpose-built flats; 0.5% were flats above commercial premises, and 0.9% were converted premises of other types. According to the census, 74% of Northgate residents were White, 18.9% were Asian or Asian-British, 3.2% were Black or Black-British, 2.6% were mixed-race and 1.2% were from another ethnic background. The proportion of white people was lower, and that of Asian people higher, than in Crawley overall; other proportions were comparable to Crawley as a whole. Northgate's age profile at the census date was slightly older than that of Crawley as a whole, in common with the other inner neighbourhoods: 19.1% of residents were under 18 years old, 21.8% were between 18 and 29 years old, 41.4% were between 30 and 59, and 17.8% were 60 or older. The corresponding proportions for the borough overall were 23.3%, 17.1%, 42.3% and 17.4%. The mean and median ages were both about one year higher in Northgate than in Crawley as a whole. Northgate was the second of the three earliest New Town neighbourhoods, all of which "were intended to house the builders of the New Town and the earliest unskilled settlers". The mix of occupations in the neighbourhood still reflects this: there are lower proportions of residents working in the highest categories of the census-defined hierarchy of occupations, and higher proportions in the lowest