| Sydenham | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.153°N 28.092°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: | 1905 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.17 |
| Population Total: | 3368 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 29.3% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.3% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.5% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 65.9% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 2.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 69.1% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 6.9% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Northern Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.3% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 4.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 14.3% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2192 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Sydenham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The suburb is surrounded by the area of Orchards, Orange Grove and other smaller suburbs.
The suburb was surveyed for housing in 1905.[2] The suburb's name comes from the name of the farm which originated sometime before the mid-1890s.[3] In 1910, Sydenham was still quite rural and on 26 February of that year, the land was used by Frenchman Albert Kimmerling to fly a Voisin biplane a few hundred yards and proved that aircraft could be flown at a high altitude of 2000m (7,000feet).[4]