Edgemead

Edgemead
Edgemead is located in Western Cape
Edgemead
Edgemead
Edgemead is located in South Africa
Edgemead
Edgemead
Edgemead is located in Africa
Edgemead
Edgemead
Coordinates: 33°52′32″S 18°32′27″E / 33.87556°S 18.54083°E / -33.87556; 18.54083
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Main PlaceMilnerton, Cape Town
Area
[1]
 • Total
4.01 km2 (1.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
9,884
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 •  African3.2%
 • Coloured (khoe)7.2%
 • Indian/Asian1.1%
 • White86.7%
 • Other1.7%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • English87.0%
 • Afrikaans10.4%
 • Other2.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7441
PO box
7407
Websitewww.edgemead.co.za

Edgemead is one of the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. It is one of several garden cities of South Africa, the first being Pinelands in the southern suburbs. Edgemead is mainly residential, and as the name 'garden city' suggests, is noted for its trees, gardens and generally pleasant environment. Other 'garden cities' that have followed are Pinehurst near Durbanville on the northwestern outskirts of the Cape Metropole, still under construction but already occupied, and Sunningdale near Milnerton.

There are two schools in Edgemead: Edgemead Primary and Edgemead High School.

Edgemead has the Edgemead Cricket Club (ECC), which has recently[when?] been promoted to the Premier league. And Edgemead Goodwood Peninsula Park Villa, an Association football club located in Edgemead that plays in the Premier Division of the Tygerberg Cape Town FA. The neighbourhood is also the location of the Goodwood Centre of Excellence, a medium security prison run by the South African Department of Correctional Services.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Edgemead". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "GOODWOOD CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE". South African Department of Correctional Services. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


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