Lorraine | |
Demographics2 Info2: | 40.7% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 86.5% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.5% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics2 Title1: | English |
Demographics2 Info1: | 54.3% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics2 Info3: | 2.7% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Other |
Demographics2 Info4: | 2.3% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 6070 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Demographics1 Info3: | 1.4% |
Demographics1 Info2: | 3.6% |
Subdivision Name3: | Nelson Mandela Bay |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -33.9725°N 25.4981°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Subdivision Name4: | Gqeberha |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.22 |
Population Total: | 8,004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 8.0% |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Lorraine is a western suburb of Gqeberha, Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Lorraine is located 13 km west of Gqeberha's city centre and borders the suburbs of Beverly Grove, Weybridge Park and Woodlands to the north, Goldwater to the north-east, Fairview to the east, Theescombe to the south and Kamma Park to the west.[3]
Lorraine is located a few kilometres south of the N2 highway (to Humansdorp and Makhanda) and is connected to the N2 via the M7 (Bramlin Street) and M12 (Kragga Kamma Road).
Although Lorraine has no police station, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Walmer Police Station just 10 km west of Lorraine.[4]
Lorraine also has no hospitals, but the nearest hospitals is the Nurture Aurora Hospital in Walmer Downs for people with disabilities and the Netcare Greenacres Hospital. Despite not having a hospital Lorraine does however include a frail care centre. [5]
Lorraine has two shopping centre, Kamma Crossing and The Gardens Shopping Centre. Nearby and larger shopping centers are Baywest Mall and Greenacres Shopping Centre.
Schools in Lorraine include Lorraine Primary School and the Amadeus Independent School. Nearby schools include Kabega Christian Independent School, Sunridge Primary School, St Joseph's RC School, Curro Westbrook, Westering High School and Westering Primary School amongst others.