Malvern, Johannesburg

Malvern is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Situated east of the Johannesburg CBD, it lies south of Kensington and north of the industrial suburb of Denver. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and lies just west of Bedfordview in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

Malvern
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Coordinates: 26.201°S 28.102°E / -26.201; 28.102
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1904
Area [1]
• Total	1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	10,525
• Density	6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	86.0%
• Coloured	6.3%
• Indian/Asian	1.4%
• White	5.6%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	39.7%
• English	19.2%
• Afrikaans	5.9%
• Xhosa	5.8%
• Other	29.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2094
PO box	2094

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Doornfontein.^[2] The area is named after Malvern or Malvern Hills in Worcestershire with the land proclaimed as a suburb on 24 June 1904.^[2] It was previously called Morriston.^[3]: 177