[n 2] The constituency has relatively good road and rail transport, and numerous small to medium-size green spaces,[2] and has had as many as three tube stations at its eastern extremes of its boundaries.

Southall and Norwood Green, forming the western bulk of the seat, feature a high British Asian proportion of the population since the 1960s.

British Asians account for 51% of the population, as at the 2011 census,[3] the majority of this minority is of Indian ethnicity (29.6%), with significant Hindu and Muslim populations, with the highest number of Sikh residents in any constituency in Britain at over 20%.

The length of tenure and size of majorities mean that practical analyses consider Ealing Southall a safe seat.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Ealing wards of Dormers Wells, Elthorne, Glebe, Mount Pleasant, Northcote, Northfield, Walpole, and Waxlow.