Winchester Hills | |
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  Winchester Hills  Winchester Hills | |
| Coordinates:26°16′05″S28°01′01″E / 26.268°S 28.017°E /-26.268; 28.017 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.80 km2 (1.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,207 |
| • Density | 3,290/km2 (8,520/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 47.37% |
| • Coloured | 9.36% |
| • Indian/Asian | 24.6% |
| • White | 15.97% |
| • Other | 2.69% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 |
Winchester Hills is an area inJohannesburg,South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000.[2]
Winchester Hills lies on land that once made up the farm calledOrmonde, one of many large farms that make what is Johannesburg and its suburbs.[3] It is named afterWinchester,Hampshire in the United Kingdom and the elevated land that the suburb lies upon.[3]
The anti-corruption whistleblowerBabita Deokaran was murdered outside of her Winchester Hills home in August 2021.[4]
