Waverley, Johannesburg

Waverley
Waverley
Waverley
Waverley

 Waverley shown within Gauteng

Coordinates: 26°08′10″S 28°4′42″E / 26.13611°S 28.07833°E / -26.13611; 28.07833Coordinates: 26°08′10″S 28°4′42″E / 26.13611°S 28.07833°E / -26.13611; 28.07833
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established 1903
Area[1]
 • Total 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,419
 • Density 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 31.17%
 • Coloured 0.74%
 • Indian/Asian 1.74%
 • White 65.48%
 • Other 0.91%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 74.35%
 • Afrikaans 5.59%
 • Zulu 5.47%
 • Sotho 0.95%
 • Other 13.64%
Postal code (street) 0186
PO box 0135

Waverley is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley, Highlands North and Savoy Estate. It is located in Region E.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein.[2] It was proclaimed as a suburb on 9 April 1903. Its name has like many of the suburbs around it, a Scottish theme, named after the novel Waverley by Sir Walter Scott.[2]

Education

The suburb has two schools. Waverley Girls' High School which opened in January 1953. The other is St Mary’s School, an Anglican Church girls school which opened on the site in 1934 but who's history goes back to its origins in 1888 in Jeppestown.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Waverley". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
  3. ↑ "History of St Mary’s School". St Mary's School. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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