Bassonia

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Bassonia
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Bassonia
Bassonia's location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°16′40″S28°03′50″E / 26.27778°S 28.06389°E / -26.27778; 28.06389
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
CityJohannesburg
Area
  Total2.6 km2 (1 sq mi)
  [1]
Population
[1]
  Estimate 
(2011)
4,633
  Density1,782/km2 (4,615.4/sq mi)
Race
[1]
  White54.1%
  Asian15.4%
  Cape Coloured3.4%
  Black24.5%
  Other2.6%
Languages
[1]
  English66.1%
  Afrikaans11.3%
  Zulu5.1%
  Sotho4.1%
  Other13.4%
Postal code (streets)
2190
Postal code (mailboxes)
2061

Bassonia is a southern suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. [2]

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Location

The suburb covers around 2.3 km2 on what was once the Klipriviersberg farm. It is at its widest 3 km north to south and 1.5 km west to east, laid out like an upside-down triangle. Bassonia borders equally hilly Glenvista to the west, Gleneagles to the South, the N12 road and Eastcliff (where The Glen shopping center lies) to the north, Oakdene to the northeast, and Bassonia Rock in the Meyersdal Nature Estate to the east. [3]

Demographics

Bassonia, Glenvista, and Mulbarton (south of Glenvista) are three of the most affluent suburbs of southern Johannesburg. [4] In stark contrast to Johannesburg's Region F downtown (88.6% black according to the 2011 census) and the older southern suburbs Turffontein [82.4%], Kenilworth [78.5%] and Rosettenville [77.2%]) which have become predominantly black, Johannesburg's far southern suburbs south of N12 and east of Kliprivier Drive are still largely white, according to the following numbers from the 2011 census (Bassonia [54.1%], Bassonia Rock [42.2%], Glenvista [60.3%] and Mulbarton [52.1%]. Oakdene just north of Bassonia was 52% white that year, compared to Townsview just north at 51.7% black. In far southern Liefde en Vrede, however, the population is 69.5% black. The southeastern suburbs are also quite young, with more than a third of the population under 25 years old. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Subplek Bassonia". Census 2011.
  2. "Three injured in truck accident in Bassonia". Comaro Chronicle. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  3. "#RolexGang shot man in Bassonia and takes off with Rolex watch". Comaro Chronicle. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  4. "Bassonia". Pathfinda. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. "Johannesburg official website". Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.