Maryvale, Gauteng

Maryvale
Maryvale Show map of Gauteng Maryvale Show map of South Africa Maryvale Show map of Africa  Maryvale shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg  Maryvale
Coordinates: 26°09′11″S 28°05′13″E / 26.153°S 28.087°E / -26.153; 28.087Coordinates: 26°09′11″S 28°05′13″E / 26.153°S 28.087°E / -26.153; 28.087
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area
• Total	0.06 km2 (0.02 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	85
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	62.8%
• Coloured	8.1%
• White	29.1%
First languages (2011)
• English	42.9%
• Northern Sotho	15.5%
• Zulu	11.9%
• Southern Ndebele	8.3%
• Other	21.4%
Postal code (street)	2192

Maryvale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. Its is a tiny triangular suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Orchards and Sydenham.

The suburb was founded in 1939 and borders Louis Botha Avenue. It was surveyed around 1912 and developed from 1921 on land originally on the farm Klipfontein. The suburbs land was owned by Ockert Jacobus van Wyk and was named after his wife Mary. The suburb consists mainly of businesses and a small amount of houses. The suburb is also the home of Maryvale College, a Catholic primary and high school formed in the same year as the suburb though the red bricked church on the grounds was built a year earlier.