Bryanston, Gauteng
| Bryanston, Gauteng | |
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Street lined with Jacarandas in Bryanston | |
 
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Location within Greater Johannesburg  | |
| Coordinates: 26°2′55″S 28°2′2″E / 26.04861°S 28.03389°ECoordinates: 26°2′55″S 28°2′2″E / 26.04861°S 28.03389°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Sandton |
| Established | 1969 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 24.90 km2 (9.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 28,758 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 30.4% |
| • Coloured | 2.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 5.0% |
| • White | 60.8% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • English | 68.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 8.9% |
| • Zulu | 5.4% |
| • Tswana | 2.7% |
| • Other | 15.0% |
| Area code | 010 |
Bryanston, Gauteng is an upper class and wealthy residential suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. First named as an area in 1949, it was established in 1969 as a suburb of Sandton and provided with tarred roads and municipal services , but after municipal boundaries were revised following the end of Apartheid, Sandton was merged with Johannesburg to form part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The multi-lane N1 Western Johannesburg Bypass freeway forms its northern boundary with access at William Nicol offramp. It is located in Region E.
Bryanston is bifurcated by Bryanston Drive, running from the outskirts of Randburg to the beginning of Morningside.
It has a fairly new corporate area called The Campus running along the two main roads, William Nicol and Main Road. Many large corporations are based in Bryanston, such as Dimension Data (DiData), which runs a large corporate campus (The Campus), GlaxoSmithKline and Google.com, which are also based at The Campus, Microsoft Corporation, Ogilvy & Mather, Tiger Brands, and Synovate. The long-established Bryanston Country Club, founded in 1948 is in the heart of Bryanston. [2] Families with school aged children compose a large part of the Bryanston community due to the excellent private school system that is ranked as best in Gauteng.
Hospital
Mediclinic Sandton is one of the biggest hospitals in Gauteng. It is a private hospital operating 24-hour emergency services. The hospital is located in the heart of Bryanston, on the corner of Main Road and Peter Place.
Housing
The Houses in Bryanston are on average large housing, the gardens are traditionally large and contain many trees, but in recent times, the large properties are being made into complexes, with more houses and smaller gardens, it is mostly for security reasons and a ever lack of space since many people want to live in the suburb.
Bryanston has been described as named after a village in the UK.,[3] or after Bryanston Square, also in the UK.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Bryanston, Gauteng". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Bryanston - Seeff Properties."
- ↑ {{cite web|url=http://www.sandtoncentral.co.za/sandton_central.php?articleid=8|title=Final Draft, Sandton Urban Development Framework - A Brief History of Sandton|publisher=Sandton Central Management District|accessdate=2009-02-25}}