Homestead Park, Gauteng
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
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Homestead Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb is west of the Johannesburg CBD and is adjacent to Mayfair. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
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| Coordinates: 26°12′14″S 27°59′55″E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,423 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 20.5% |
| • Coloured | 2.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 67.6% |
| • White | 2.3% |
| • Other | 7.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 68.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 11.1% |
| • Tswana | 2.8% |
| • Zulu | 2.7% |
| • Other | 14.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2092 |
In the news
Residents of the suburb are concerned about the authorities' poor management of the area.[2] Residents of Homestead Park informal settlement have built their dwellings over a gas pipeline set 1,5 m underground.[3] The urban poor often reside in hazard hotspots,[4] and this situation, according to a SASOL Report, is an uncontrolled safety risk.[5] Despite fires being lit over the pipeline, the relocation of settlements is being delayed by the city bureaucracy.
