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La Lucia | |
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Coordinates: 29°45′00″S 31°03′29″E / 29.750°S 31.058°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Municipality | eThekwini |
Main Place | Umhlanga |
Area | |
• Total | 4.11 km2 (1.59 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,414 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 16.8% |
• Coloured | 2.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 19.8% |
• White | 59.4% |
• Other | 1.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 80.3% |
• Zulu | 8.2% |
• Afrikaans | 6.2% |
• Xhosa | 1.1% |
• Other | 4.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 4051 |
PO box | 4159 |
La Lucia is a wealthy suburb located in uMhlanga in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and is situated approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north of the Durban CBD. It was named after Lucia Michel. She and her husband Albert Michel founded the sugar cane farm La Lucia.