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.
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]