Hillcrest | |
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Coordinates: 29°46′48″S 30°45′46″E / 29.78000°S 30.76278°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Municipality | eThekwini |
Established | 22 January 1895 |
Government | |
• Ward Councillor | Rick Crouch[1][2][3] (Democratic Alliance) |
Area | |
• Total | 21.44 km2 (8.28 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 13,329 |
• Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 11.4% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.0% |
• White | 84.3% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 82.7% |
• Afrikaans | 7.6% |
• Zulu | 6.9% |
• Other | 2.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 3610 |
PO box | 3650 |
Area code | 031 |
Hillcrest is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and is situated approximately 32 km (20 mi) north-west of Durban and 53 km (33 mi) south-east of Pietermaritzburg.