Malvern | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -26.201°N 28.102°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: | 1904 |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.62 |
Population Total: | 10525 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 86.0% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 6.3% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 1.4% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 5.6% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.7% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info1: | 39.7% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 19.2% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info3: | 5.9% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info4: | 5.8% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 29.3% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 2094 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 2094 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Malvern is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Situated east of the Johannesburg CBD, it lies south of Kensington and north of the industrial suburb of Denver. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and lies just west of Bedfordview in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Doornfontein.[2] The area is named after Malvern or Malvern Hills in Worcestershire with the land proclaimed as a suburb on 24 June 1904.[2] It was previously called Morriston.[3]