Doornfontein

Doornfontein
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Coordinates: 26°11′S 28°03′E / 26.183°S 28.050°E / -26.183; 28.050
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,484
• Density	9,700/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	97.2%
• Coloured	1.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	1.2%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	34.1%
• English	18.7%
• Northern Sotho	8.5%
• Southern Ndebele	6.7%
• Other	32.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2094
PO box	2028

Doornfontein (/ˈdʊərnfɒnteɪn/ DOORN-fon-tayn)^[2] is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. In the 1930s, it attracted many Jewish immigrants, becoming the main hub for the city's Jewish community.^[3] Black African residents, then a minority in the suburb, lived in slum-yards. Under the Slums Clearance Act 1934, the slum-yards were cleared and many residents were relocated to Orlando, Soweto.^[3] Since the late 1970s, Doornfontein and other inner-city suburbs of Johannesburg have underdone high levels of white flight to the city's northern suburbs.^[4]