Rouxville | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Rouxville's location in Gauteng |
Pushpin Label: | Rouxville |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
Subdivision Name2: | Johannesburg |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.23 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
Population Total: | 1366 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 5939 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 15381.9 |
Demographics Type1: | Races |
Demographics1 Title1: | White |
Demographics1 Info1: | 39.6% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Asian |
Demographics1 Info2: | 1.8% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Cape Coloured |
Demographics1 Info3: | 2.3% |
Demographics1 Title4: | Black |
Demographics1 Info4: | 55.3% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.9% |
Demographics Type2: | Languages |
Demographics2 Title1: | English |
Demographics2 Info1: | 47.4% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info2: | 18.5% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Northern Sotho |
Demographics2 Info3: | 6.0% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Southern Ndebele |
Demographics2 Info4: | 5.6% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 22.5% |
Rouxville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around northeast of City Hall.
Rouxville covers in the shape of an upside-down triangle, borders Highlands North to the north, Raedene Estate to the northeast, Sydenham, Bagleyston to the southwest, and Hawkins Estate to the northwest.
It was founded in 1896 on part of the farm known as Klipfontein, and its name comes from the Jacobus Petrus Roux (1865–1929), who sold the land to F.D.J. Viljoen in 1895. Like much of northeastern Johannesburg, it was predominantly English-speaking.