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
shopping center lies) to the north,
Oakdene to the northeast, and Bassonia Rock in the Meyersdal Nature Estate to the east.[3]
Demographics
Bassonia, Glenvista, and
Mulbarton, Gauteng (south of Glenvista) are three of the most affluent suburbs of southern Johannesburg.[4] In stark contrast to northern Johannesburg's Region F downtown (88.6% black according to the 2011 census) and the older southern suburbs
Turffontein [82.4%],
Kenilworth, Gauteng [78.5%] and
Rosettenville [77.2%]) 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 [54.1%], Bassonia Rock [42.2%], Glenvista [60.3%] and Mulbarton [52.1%]. 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.[5]
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
shopping center lies) to the north,
Oakdene to the northeast, and Bassonia Rock in the Meyersdal Nature Estate to the east.[3]
Demographics
Bassonia, Glenvista, and
Mulbarton, Gauteng (south of Glenvista) are three of the most affluent suburbs of southern Johannesburg.[4] In stark contrast to northern Johannesburg's Region F downtown (88.6% black according to the 2011 census) and the older southern suburbs
Turffontein [82.4%],
Kenilworth, Gauteng [78.5%] and
Rosettenville [77.2%]) 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 [54.1%], Bassonia Rock [42.2%], Glenvista [60.3%] and Mulbarton [52.1%]. 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.[5]