| Bishop Lavis | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Western Cape#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -33.9486°N 18.5758°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Cape Town |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | Developed by Communicare between 1951 - 1960 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.58 |
| Population Total: | 26482 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 1.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 97.2% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.0% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.5% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 86.4% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 12.0% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 1.5% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 7490 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 021 |
Bishop Lavis is a suburb of Cape Town, located 15km (09miles) east of the city centre near Cape Town International Airport. It had, as of 2001, a population of 44,419 people, of whom 97% described themselves as Coloured, and 90% spoke Afrikaans while 9% spoke English.[2] The official 2011 census gave the population figure as 26,482.
Bishop Lavis is one of many townships that was established in the Western Cape Province by the country's reigning regime at the introduction of apartheid in South Africa. During this period non-white citizens were moved from their lands and homes across the region (because it was abruptly designated for "whites only"), into these townships.