Northriding Explained

Northriding
Pushpin Map:South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
Coordinates:-26.051°N 27.939°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:Randburg
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.53
Population Total:7521
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:27.2%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:2.9%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:11.7%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:57.3%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.9%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:English
Demographics2 Info1:66.3%
Demographics2 Title2:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info2:16.2%
Demographics2 Title3:Zulu
Demographics2 Info3:3.7%
Demographics2 Title4:Xhosa
Demographics2 Info4:2.7%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:11.2%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal Code:2188
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:2162
Area Code Type:Area code

Northriding is a suburb of Randburg, in Region C - formerly Johannesburg Region 5, South Africa, and borders fourways and other surrounding suburbs in the north of Johannesburg.

The suburb was named after one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire. 'North' was favoured at the time due to North Riding's location north of the CBD of Johannesburg.The Suburb formerly fell under the jurisdiction of the Randburg Town Council before it was incorporated into the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan area.Of the original 3 farms that were joined to form Randburg, North riding was located on the Olievenhout farm.

North Riding fully encloses the Suburb of Bellair Park.The area was once prominently known as a horse riding and stable stronghold in the north of Johannesburg, but gave way to other areas such as Kyalami and Honeydew extensions. This can be seen in the road and street names.Previously the area was rather rural, had Agricultural Holding status and is still referred to as Northriding A.H. by some. After 1996 North Riding developed rapidly, in both the residential and commercial sector.

Surrounding suburbs include: Olivedale, Northworld, Northwold Garden, Northgate, Johannesburg North, Noordhang and Golden Harvest.

Main streets in the suburb include Blandford, Bellair and Malibongwe (previously Hans Strijdom) with the original entrance roads of Windsor and Smith, Ascot and Hyperion.North Riding includes various shopping centers and bed and breakfast accommodation. Various streams flow through the area, one such flowing from west to north-east is the Olievenhoutspoort.

Miriam Makeba lived in the suburb at the time of her death.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub Place North Riding . Census 2011.