| Judith's Paarl | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.1904°N 28.0722°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Johannesburg |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1896 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.30 |
| Population Total: | 2453 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 81.2% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 4.5% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 8.8% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.4% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 3.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 29.9% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 17.5% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 8.0% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Southern Ndebele |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 6.3% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 38.4% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2094 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Judith's Paarl is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), tucked between the suburbs of Lorentzville and Bezuidenhout Valley, with Troyeville and Kensington to the south. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The suburb was founded on one of the original farms on the Witwatersrand, after a strip of land was sold from the farm Doornfontein. It originates around 1896.[2] The suburb is possibly named after a daughter of the Lorentz family.[3] Other sources are Judith Cornelia Estresia, wife of the original farmer owner F.C. Bezuidenhout.[2] It had a terminus for the Johannesburg tramway network on the corner of Ascot Road and First Street.[3]
For much of the twentieth century, along with Yeoville, it established itself as a hub for middle-class Jewish residents. These residents had usually arrived with earlier waves of Jewish migration from Europe and had established social and financial security in their adopted home.[4]