| Waverley | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.1361°N 28.0783°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: | 1903 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.37 |
| Population Total: | 2419 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 31.17% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.74% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.74% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 65.48% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.91% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 74.35% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 5.59% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.47% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 0.95% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 13.64% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2090 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 0135 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Waverley is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley, Highlands North and Savoy Estate. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Waverley is located close to the M1 highway, running North and South through Johannesburg.
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein.[2] It was proclaimed as a suburb on 9 April 1903. Its name has like many of the suburbs around it, a Scottish theme, named after the novel Waverley by Sir Walter Scott.[2]
The suburb has two schools. Waverley Girls' High School which opened in January 1953. The other is St Mary's School, an Anglican Church girls school which opened on the site in 1934 but whose history goes back to its origins in 1888 in Jeppestown.[3]