Maryvale, Gauteng Explained

Maryvale
Pushpin Map:South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
Coordinates:-26.153°N 28.087°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
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.06
Population Total:85
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:62.8%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:8.1%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:29.1%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:English
Demographics2 Info1:42.9%
Demographics2 Title2:Northern Sotho
Demographics2 Info2:15.5%
Demographics2 Title3:Zulu
Demographics2 Info3:11.9%
Demographics2 Title4:Southern Ndebele
Demographics2 Info4:8.3%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:21.4%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal Code:2192
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Area Code Type:Area code

Maryvale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. It is a tiny triangular suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Orchards and Sydenham.

History

The suburb was founded in 1939 and borders Louis Botha Avenue.[2] It was surveyed around 1912 and developed from 1921 on land originally on the farm Klipfontein.[3] The suburb's land was owned by Ockert Jacobus van Wyk and was named after his wife Mary.[3] The suburb consists mainly of businesses and a small number of houses.[2] The suburb is also the home of Maryvale College, a Catholic primary and high school formed in the same year as the suburb though the red bricked church on the grounds was built a year earlier.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub Place Maryvale . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Orange Grove Precinct. Heritage Impact Assessment & Conservation Management Plan. Report Phase 3. Volume 3 . 19 February 2017 . Johannesburg Development Agency . 16 May 2016.
  3. Book: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Jonathan Ball Publishers . Raper, Peter E. . Moller, Lucie A. . du Plessis, Theodorus L. . 2014 . 1412 . 9781868425501.