Westridge | |
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Coordinates: 34°03′00″S 18°36′04″E / 34.050°S 18.601°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Main Place | Mitchells Plain, Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 19,373 |
• Density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 5.16% |
• Coloured | 92.62% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.37% |
• White | 0.18% |
• Other | 1.68% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 24.71% |
• English | 72.14% |
• IsiXhosa | 0.96% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Westridge is a neighbourhood in the western part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The Westridge Gardens, which hosts several indigenous Cape Flats fynbos species, is an important large public park in the area, in the north of Westridge.[2][3]
Educational institutions in Westridge include: