| Dewetshof | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Dewetshof's location in Gauteng |
| Pushpin Label: | Dewetshof |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Name2: | Johannesburg |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.37 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.5 |
| Population Total: | 1425 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1040 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2693.6 |
| Demographics Type1: | Races |
| Demographics1 Title1: | White |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 38.4% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Asian |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 10.6% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Cape Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 13.4% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Black |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 36.6% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 1.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | Languages |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 59.4% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 14.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 6.0% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 3.5% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 16.9% |
Dewetshof is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
It lies around 5.5 km northeast of City Hall between Observatory and Cyrildene, north of Observatory Hill. It borders Bezuidenhout Valley on the southwest, Kensington on the south, and Bruma on the southeast. In November 2017, the real estate website property24.com listed 23 homes for sale in Dewetshof, 15 selling for more than R2 million. The most expensive was R3.85 million and the cheapest at R1.39 million.[2]
Dewetshof is named for Chief Justice of South Africa Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet. Johannesburg City Council laid it out as plot No. 24 of Doornfontein Farm, and it was officially founded on December 1, 1954. The streets are named for famous people and ships from the early history of South Africa, including Dias, Tulbagh, De Mist, Da Gama, Woltemade en Adam Tas.