Mayfair, Gauteng

Mayfair
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Location within Greater Johannesburg  Mayfair
Coordinates: 26°12′15″S 28°0′41″E / 26.20417°S 28.01139°E / -26.20417; 28.01139Coordinates: 26°12′15″S 28°0′41″E / 26.20417°S 28.01139°E / -26.20417; 28.01139
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1896
Area
• Total	1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,027
• Density	7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	31.9%
• Coloured	4.1%
• Indian/Asian	51.9%
• White	1.5%
• Other	10.6%
First languages (2011)
• English	56.3%
• Afrikaans	4.2%
• Tswana	3.4%
• Zulu	3.1%
• Other	33.0%
Postal code (street)	2092
PO box	2108

Mayfair is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb is west of the Johannesburg CBD and is adjacent to Fordsburg. It is located in Region F.

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 Langlaagte. It was established as a suburb in 1896 and is named after Mayfair in London.

Although designated a white area under apartheid, Indians began moving into Mayfair some time before the end of apartheid.

Today Mayfair has a large Indian population, along with a significant number of Muslim immigrants from the rest of Africa. In recent years Mayfair has become populated with a large number of Somalians and Ethiopians. Mayfair is populated by a diverse community economically and remains a vibrant part of Indian city life. Shakeel Essa is one of the well-known citizens that comes from this area.