Bassonia is a southern suburb of

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Location

The suburb covers around 2,3 km² on what was once the Klipriviersberg farm. It is at its widest 3 km north to south and 1.5 km west to east, laid out like an upside-down triangle. Bassonia borders equally hilly Glenvista to the west, Gleneagles to the South, the N12 road and Eastcliff (where The Glen

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lies) to the north, Oakdene to the northeast, and Bassonia Rock in the Meyersdal Nature Estate to the east.

Demographics

Bassonia, Glenvista, and

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7.2% which have become predominantly black, Johannesburg's far southern suburbs south of N12 and east of Kliprivier Drive are still largely white, according to the following numbers from the 2011 census (Bassonia 4.1% Bassonia Rock 2.2% Glenvista 0.3%and Mulbarton 2.1% Oakdene just north of Bassonia was 52% white that year, compared to Townsview just north at 51.7% black. In far southern Liefde en Vrede, however, the population is 69.5% black. The southeastern suburbs are also quite young, with more than a third of the population under 25 years old.

References

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