Winchester Hills
Winchester Hills | |
|---|---|
  Winchester Hills  Winchester Hills | |
| Coordinates: 26°16′05″S 28°01′01″E / 26.268°S 28.017°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.80 km2 (1.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,207 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 47.37% |
| • Coloured | 9.36% |
| • Indian/Asian | 24.6% |
| • White | 15.97% |
| • Other | 2.69% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 54.35% |
| • Zulu | 10.19% |
| • Afrikaans | 7.58% |
| • Northern Sotho | 5.8% |
| • Tswana | 5.25% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2091 |
Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000.[2]
History
Winchester Hills lies on land that once made up the farm called Ormonde, one of many large farms that make what is Johannesburg and its suburbs.[3] It is named after Winchester, Hampshire in the United Kingdom and the elevated land that the suburb lies upon.[3]
The anti-corruption whistleblower Babita Deokaran was murdered outside of her Winchester Hills home in August 2021.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Winchester Hills". Census 2011.
- ^ "Privateproperty.co" [1] Privateproperty.co, 6 February 2015 (accessed 5 February 2015)
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
- ^ Cruywagen, Vincent (10 October 2021). "AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Possible 'mafia' link to murder of Babita Deokaran". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
