Thornton, Cape Town

Thornton
Street map of Thornton
Thornton Thornton shown within Western Cape
Location within Cape Town Thornton
Coordinates: 33°55′25″S 18°32′07″E / 33.92361°S 18.53528°E / -33.92361; 18.53528Coordinates: 33°55′25″S 18°32′07″E / 33.92361°S 18.53528°E / -33.92361; 18.53528
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Goodwood
Area^[1]
• Total	1.89 km² (0.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	4,707
• Density	2,500/km² (6,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	23.9%
• Coloured	49.0%
• Indian/Asian	3.7%
• White	20.4%
• Other	3.0%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	72.4%
• Afrikaans	12.1%
• Xhosa	8.0%
• Tswana	1.1%
• Other	6.5%
Postal code (street)	7460
PO box	7485
Area code	021

Thornton is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, situated 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of the city centre adjacent to Pinelands. According to the 2001 Census it has a population of 4,751 people.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Thornton". Census 2011.
↑ "Thornton". Census 2001. City of Cape Town. Retrieved 11 January 2012.

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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