| Bassonia | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Bassonia's location in Gauteng |
| Pushpin Label: | Bassonia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Name2: | Johannesburg |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.6 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1 |
| Area Note: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 1782 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 4615.4 |
| Population Est: | 4633 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2011 |
| Demographics Type1: | Race |
| Demographics1 Title1: | White |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 54.1% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Asian |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 15.4% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Cape Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 3.4% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Black |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 24.5% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 2.6% |
| Demographics Type2: | Languages |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 66.1% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 11.3% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.1% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 4.1% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 13.4% |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (streets) |
| Postal Code: | 2190 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | Postal code (mailboxes) |
| Postal2 Code: | 2061 |
Bassonia is a southern suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.[2]
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]
Bassonia, Glenvista, and Mulbarton, Gauteng (south of Glenvista) are three of the most affluent suburbs of southern Johannesburg.[4] In stark contrast to northern Johannesburg's Region F downtown (88.6% black according to the 2011 census) and the older southern suburbs Turffontein [82.4%], Kenilworth, Gauteng [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]