Waterkloof

Waterkloof (Afrikaans for "Water Ravine") is a suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is named after the original farm that stood there when Pretoria was founded in the 19th Century.

Waterkloof
Waterkloof Village in Waterkloof
Waterkloof
Waterkloof
Coordinates: 25°46′30″S 28°14′30″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Tshwane
Main PlacePretoria
Area
 • Total3.73 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total4,820
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African22.1%
 • Coloured1.0%
 • Indian/Asian2.5%
 • White71.7%
 • Other2.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans44.4%
 • English34.4%
 • Tswana2.8%
 • Northern Sotho2.7%
 • Other15.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0181
PO box
0145

Waterkloof is a highly sought-after area and has some of the city's most expensive real estate, including hilltop homesteads on Edward and Victoria Streets with views of Pretoria. Like many areas of the city, its streets are lined with jacaranda trees. Many streets are named after British royalty; the main thoroughfares are Crown Avenue, which links Waterkloof with the affluent suburb of Brooklyn to its north, and Albert Street, which runs East-West between the neighbouring areas of Menlo Park and Groenkloof.

Several ambassadorial residences are located in Waterkloof. It is the home of soprano Mimi Coertse, and the location of the upmarket Dube-house in the film Tsotsi. Pretoria Country Club, which has an eighteen-hole golf course, is also located in the area.

Demographics

According to the South African National Census of 2001, 3,805 people lived in Waterkloof.

76.0% were White, 21.8% Black African, 1.4% Indian or Asian and 0.7% Coloured.

38.6% spoke Afrikaans, 37.5% English, 4.9% Tswana, 4.8% Northern Sotho, 3.1% Sotho, 2.0% Zulu, 1.9% Southern Ndebele, 1.2% Tsonga, 0.7% Xhosa, 0.5% Venda, 0.4% Swazi and 4.5% some other language as their first language.

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See also

References
  1. "Sub Place Waterkloof". Census 2011.
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