Waverley, Johannesburg

Waverley is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley, Highlands North and Savoy Estate. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Waverley is located close to the M1 highway, running North and South through Johannesburg.

Waverley
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Coordinates: 26°08′10″S 28°4′42″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1903
Area [1]
• Total	1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,419
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	31.17%
• Coloured	0.74%
• Indian/Asian	1.74%
• White	65.48%
• Other	0.91%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	74.35%
• Afrikaans	5.59%
• Zulu	5.47%
• Sotho	0.95%
• Other	13.64%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2090
PO box	0135

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein.^[2] It was proclaimed as a suburb on 9 April 1903. Its name has like many of the suburbs around it, a Scottish theme, named after the novel Waverley by Sir Walter Scott.^[2]

Education

The suburb has two schools. Waverley Girls' High School which opened in January 1953. The other is St Mary's School, an Anglican Church girls school which opened on the site in 1934 but whose history goes back to its origins in 1888 in Jeppestown.^[3]

References

1. "Sub Place Waverley". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
3. "History of St Mary's School". St Mary's School. Retrieved 23 June 2017.