Heathfield, Cape Town

Heathfield is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa.

Heathfield
Heathfield
Heathfield
Coordinates: 34°02′55″S 18°28′07″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Main PlaceCape Town
Government
  CouncillorDenis Joseph (Ward 71) (DA)
Johannes Burger (Ward 72) (DA)
Area
  Total1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total4,649
  Density4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African11.8%
  Coloured65.1%
  Indian/Asian1.3%
  White20.7%
  Other1.0%
First languages (2011)
  English83.0%
  Afrikaans9.9%
  Other7.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7945

Overview

Heathfield is bordered by Retreat to the south and Diep River to the north, and was named for the many varieties of heath that grew and still grow here.[2] It is situated on the Cape Flats, a large area of unconsolidated sand.

Heathfield railway station (opened in 1913 to assist passengers on the interchange of the line to Ottery) is on the main line from Cape Town to Simon's Town.

Main Road (which runs from Central Cape Town through to Simon's Town) runs along the west of Heathfield.

gollark: I do wish the internetworking companies would just use some sort of scheme of limited bandwidth with some allowance for short peaks instead of data caps, which would match closer to what the actual constraints are.
gollark: Though over here they're mostly just used on mobile phone connections, not home ones.
gollark: Data caps do kind of work well at getting people to use less *bandwidth* because people don't use their internet connection as much, but they don't actually have some finite amount of internets or something weird like that.
gollark: Though you do need sensible small parties in the first place.
gollark: Probably less so, if you can vote for a popular party you like less and a less popular one you like more. It reduces the "I don't like either big party but I'm voting for the least bad one" thing.

References

  1. "Sub Place Heathfield". Census 2011.
  2. "The Cape Town - Simons Town Railway". Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
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