Athlone Park

Athlone Park is a small coastal suburb located between Durban and Amanzimtoti in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Considered as one of Amanzimtoti’s most sought-after suburbs, Athlone Park forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality as a Southern Suburb.

Athlone Park
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Coordinates: 30.016°S 30.921°E / -30.016; 30.921
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Durban
Established	1902
• Councillor	(DA)
Area [1]
• Total	4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,818
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	23.6%
• Coloured	1.4%
• Indian/Asian	19.3%
• White	55.3%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	63.7%
• Afrikaans	17.2%
• Zulu	15.4%
• Xhosa	1.0%
• Other	2.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4126[2]
Area code	031

Geography

Athlone Park lies on the mouth of the eZimbokodweni River, approximately 19 kilometres (12 miles) south of Durban and 7 kilometres (4 miles) north of the Amanzimtoti CBD ^[3][4] and sits between the Indian Ocean to the east, Prospecton to the north, Lotus Park to the north-west, Umbogintwini to the west and Amanzimtoti to the south.^[5]

Transport

The N2 freeway, which runs north–south between Durban and Port Shepstone forms the western border of Athlone Park, separating it from Umbogintwini to the west. Dickens Road connects Athlone Park to Umbogintwini and provides access to the N2. The R102, known as Kingsway (officially Andrew Zondo Road), runs along the coastline from Prospecton in the north to Amanzimtoti in the south.