| Mayfair | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.2042°N 28.0114°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: | 1.64 |
| Population Total: | 12027 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 31.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 4.1% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 51.9% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 1.5% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 10.6% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 56.3% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 4.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 3.4% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 3.1% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 33.0% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2092 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 2108 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Mayfair is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb is west of the Johannesburg CBD and is adjacent to Fordsburg. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg 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 Langlaagte.[2] The land was purchased by J.B. Robinson.[3] It was established as a suburb in 1896 and is named after Mayfair in London.[2]
Although designated a white area under apartheid, Indians began moving into Mayfair some time before the end of apartheid.
Today Mayfair has a large Indian population, along with a significant number of Muslim immigrants from the rest of Africa. In recent years Mayfair has become populated with a large number of Somalis and Ethiopians. Mayfair is populated by a diverse community economically and remains a vibrant part of Indian city life.
Former President of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, the last to hold the office before the end of apartheid in 1994, was born here.