Petervale | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -26.037°N 28.039°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: | Sandton |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.72 |
Population Total: | 928 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 33.4% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 4.3% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 7.4% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 51.7% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 3.1% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | English |
Demographics2 Info1: | 63.6% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info2: | 8.6% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info3: | 4.7% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info4: | 3.4% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 19.6% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 2191 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 2151 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Petervale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was located in Region 3 of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Petervale is located next to the N1 highway and is bounded by the suburbs of Rivonia, Bryanston and Paulshof. It is further close to Sunninghill and Morningside Manor. In Petervale there is a small shopping centre and a clinic, a block of flats, a bakery, a garage (petrol station), a laundromat, a post-office, a DVD rental franchise outlet. There is also a large field that forms part of the Region 3 green belt. The field is currently earmarked for residential development in 2007.
Petervale can be reached by travelling on the N1 highway (South or North) and taking the Rivonia offramp. Drive north on Rivonia Road and turn left into Witkoppen Road. Drive past the Cambridge office park and turn left into Cambridge Road. Follow it over the highway into Petervale.
From Petervale, Rivonia and Bryanston can be reached by following Twelfth Avenue.