West Acres | |
Settlement Type: | Suburb |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa#Africa |
Coordinates: | -25.48°N 30.9569°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ehlanzeni |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Mbombela |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Subdivision Name4: | Mbombela |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.28 |
Population Total: | 11 642 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | White |
Demographics1 Info1: | 66.6% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info2: | 27.6% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 2.8% |
Demographics1 Title4: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info4: | 2.3% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.6% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info1: | 56.4% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 25.1% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Swazi |
Demographics2 Info3: | 7.3% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info4: | 2.8% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 8.4% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 1200 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 1211 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 013 |
West Acres is a large suburb of Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa and is situated just south-west of the Mbombela CBD.
West Acres comprises i'Langa Mall, one of the largest shopping centres in Mbombela and Mpumalanga and is located along Samora Machel Drive.[2] [3]
West Acres is bounded by two arterial routes, namely; to the north by the R104 (Samora Machel Drive) and the R40 (Madiba Drive) to the east. The R104 which passes through the Mbombela CBD provides access to the N4 highway (to eMalahleni and Malalane) while the R40 connects to White River in the north and Barberton in the south.
It is also intersected by Dr. Enos Mabuza Drive connecting to Sonheuwel and Steiltes in the east and Kaapschehoop Road connecting to Kaapschehoop and Hermannsburg in the south-west.