Birdhaven, Gauteng
Birdhaven | |
|---|---|
  Birdhaven Location within Gauteng  Birdhaven Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 26°08′23″S 28°03′18″E / 26.13972°S 28.05500°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1949 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 984 |
| • Density | 911/km2 (2,360/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 29.9% |
| • Coloured | 1.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 6.8% |
| • White | 59.8% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 65.7% |
| • Zulu | 6.8% |
| • Tswana | 6.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.9% |
| • Other | 15.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2196 |
Birdhaven is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is adjacent to the suburb of Melrose. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]The suburb is situated on parts of the old Witwatersrand farms called Syferfontein and Zandfontein.[2] It would be proclaimed as suburb on 8 October 1949 and its name is derived from either the bird sanctuary next door or Jack Bird Barregar and the company Bird Investments.[2]
It has traditionally been a centre for Johannesburg's Jewish community. Jewish residents made up 60.8% of the population in 1971.[3]
During the apartheid era, it was classed as a "whites only" area under the terms of the Group Areas Act. In 1991, the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act, 1991 repealed the Group Areas Act.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Birdhaven". Census 2011.
- 1 2 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
- ↑ Dubb, A. A.; Della Pergola, S. (1978). South African Jewish Population Study: Advance Report No. 9 – Geographical Distribution and Mobility (PDF) (Report). Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
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