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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Homestead Park
Homestead Park is located in Gauteng
Homestead Park
Homestead Park
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Homestead Park is located in South Africa
Homestead Park
Homestead Park
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Coordinates: 26°12′14″S 27°59′55″E / 26.20389°S 27.99861°E / -26.20389; 27.99861
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceJohannesburg
Area
  Total
0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total
1,423
  Density2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African20.5%
  Coloured2.3%
  Indian/Asian67.6%
  White2.3%
  Other7.4%
First languages (2011)
  English68.5%
  Afrikaans11.1%
  Tswana2.8%
  Zulu2.7%
  Other14.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2092

Homestead Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb is west of the Johannesburg CBD and is adjacent to Mayfair. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

In the news

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Residents of the suburb are concerned about the authorities' poor management of the area.[2] Residents of Homestead Park informal settlement have built their dwellings over a gas pipeline set 1,5 m underground.[3] The urban poor often reside in hazard hotspots,[4] and this situation, according to a SASOL Report, is an uncontrolled safety risk.[5] Despite fires being lit over the pipeline, the relocation of settlements is being delayed by the city bureaucracy.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Homestead Park". Census 2011.
  2. "Homestead Park: Residential suburb or somebody's pasture?". 5 February 2025.
  3. "Sasol report warns of 'uncontrolled risk' to Johannesburg park gas pipeline". 13 June 2025.
  4. Abunyewah, Matthew; Gajendran, Thayaparan; Maund, Kim (2018). "Profiling Informal Settlements for Disaster Risks". Procedia Engineering. 212: 238–245. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.031.
  5. "Gas time bomb still ticking in Joburg suburb". www.timeslive.co.za. Retrieved 14 February 2026.