Abbotsford, South Africa

Abbotsford
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Location within Greater Johannesburg  Abbotsford
Coordinates: 26°08′35″S 28°03′58″E / 26.143°S 28.066°E / -26.143; 28.066Coordinates: 26°08′35″S 28°03′58″E / 26.143°S 28.066°E / -26.143; 28.066
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1902
Area
• Total	0.50 km2 (0.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	388
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	35.8%
• Coloured	1.8%
• Indian/Asian	4.4%
• White	57.5%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011)
• English	67.4%
• Zulu	9.3%
• Tswana	6.2%
• Southern Ndebele	3.3%
• Other	13.9%
Postal code (street)	5241

Abbotsford is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. This suburb lies north-east of the Johannesburg CBD next to Oaklands, Highlands North and Melrose. It is located in Region E.

It was established in 1902 and the suburb is named after Sir Walter Scott's house called Abbotsford a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed.

In the early 2000s prominent public figures Hazel Crane and Brett Kebble were murdered in the suburb.