Winchester Hills

Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000.^[2]

Winchester Hills
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Coordinates: 26.268°S 28.017°E / -26.268; 28.017
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	2.80 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	9,207
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	47.37%
• Coloured	9.36%
• Indian/Asian	24.6%
• White	15.97%
• Other	2.69%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	54.35%
• Zulu	10.19%
• Afrikaans	7.58%
• Northern Sotho	5.8%
• Tswana	5.25%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2091

History

Winchester Hills lies on land that once made up the farm called Ormonde, one of many large farms that make what is Johannesburg and its suburbs.^[3] It is named after Winchester, Hampshire in the United Kingdom and the elevated land that the suburb lies upon.^[3]

The anti-corruption whistleblower Babita Deokaran was murdered outside of her Winchester Hills home in August 2021.^[4]