Linksfield | |
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Coordinates: 26°09′50″S 28°05′56″E / 26.16389°S 28.09889°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1922 |
Area | |
• Total | 8.66 km2 (3.34 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,696 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 33.06% |
• Coloured | 1.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.52% |
• White | 63.8% |
• Other | 0.32% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 73.0% |
• Greek | 6.01% |
• Zulu | 4.72% |
• Northern Sotho | 4.69% |
• Afrikaans | 4.28% |
• Hebrew | 4.17% |
• Yiddish | 3.13% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2192 |
Linksfield is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a suburb lying north-east of the Johannesburg CBD and is surrounded southerly by Linksfield Ridge, easterly by Linksfield North and Bedford, St Andrews and Senderwood. Linksfield itself is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. On the southerly side and over the ridge are the areas of Cyrildene, Observatory and Morninghill, but these suburbs are not visible to Linksfield as they are hidden behind the Linksfield Ridge.