Dunoon, Cape Town

Dunoon
Dunoon Dunoon shown within Western Cape
Location within Cape Town Dunoon
Coordinates: 33°49′08″S 18°32′24″E / 33.819°S 18.540°E / -33.819; 18.540Coordinates: 33°49′08″S 18°32′24″E / 33.819°S 18.540°E / -33.819; 18.540
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area^[1]
• Total	0.99 km² (0.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	29,268
• Density	30,000/km² (77,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	89.3%
• Coloured	5.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
• Other	4.9%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• Xhosa	64.7%
• Afrikaans	7.1%
• English	6.7%
• Sotho	2.9%
• Other	18.6%
Postal code (street)	7441
PO box	7438

Dunoon is a small township situated in Milnerton, Cape Town, South Africa. The first erf for Dunoon was surveyed in 1996. As the formal housing was built, shacks mushroomed in the area.^[2]

It is near the Killarney Motor Racing Complex. Its neighbouring counterpart is Joe Slovo Park. It is a very shanty township with no police station; the nearest one is in Milnerton. In 2011 the population of Dunoon was 31 133. The number of households in Dunoon in 2011 was 11 496.^[3]

The main form of transport for Dunoon residents is minibus taxis. The MyCity bus service has recently opened a bus station to serve Dunoon.^[4]

On the opposite side of Potsdam Road from Dunoon is an informal settlement called Site 5. Site 5 consists of a group of shacks and dwellers use mobile toilets.

Dunoon has also been known for its participation in Xenophobia demonstrations.^[5]

Schooling and Education

It has three schools: Dunoon Primary School, Sophakama Primary and Inkwenkwezi High school.

Health Services

The City of Cape Town has officially opened a temporary clinic in Dunoon,^[6] in conjunction with the Western Cape Provincial Government, in order to provide better primary healthcare services to residents in the area.

The clinic offers services such as reproductive health advice, HIV counselling and testing, TB treatment and screening, and anti-retroviral treatment amongst others.

References

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape

Seat: Cape Town

Cape Flats	Athlone Crawford Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Joe Slovo Kenwyn Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Rondebosch East Strandfontein

Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand

Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section

Northern	Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene

South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg

Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem

Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Blikkiesdorp Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg

Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View

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