Westridge, Mitchells Plain

Westridge
Views of Westridge from the Westridge Gardens.
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Coordinates: 34°03′00″S 18°36′04″E / 34.050°S 18.601°E / -34.050; 18.601
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Mitchells Plain, Cape Town
Area [1]
• Total	2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	19,373
• Density	8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	5.16%
• Coloured	92.62%
• Indian/Asian	0.37%
• White	0.18%
• Other	1.68%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	24.71%
• English	72.14%
• IsiXhosa	0.96%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Westridge is a neighbourhood in the western part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The Westridge Gardens, which hosts several indigenous Cape Flats fynbos species, is an important large public park in the area, in the north of Westridge.^[2][3]

Educational institutions in Westridge include:

• Westridge High School
• Beacon School for LSEN
• Duneside Primary School
• Westville Primary School
• Ridgeville Primary School
• Mitchell's Plain Primary School
• Parkhurst Primary School
• Harvester Primary School