Fairland, Gauteng

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Fairland Location within Gauteng Fairland Location within South Africa
Coordinates: 26°7′44″S 27°56′45″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Randburg
Area
• Total	5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,127
• Density	1,730/km2 (4,470/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	22.0%
• Coloured	3.4%
• Indian/Asian	6.3%
• White	67.0%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011)
• English	55.8%
• Afrikaans	27.9%
• Zulu	3.3%
• Tswana	2.6%
• Other	10.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2170
PO box	2030

Fairland is a residential suburb in Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The area is neighboured by Northcliff, Cresta and Darrenwood and is one of the most leafy suburbs in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Fairland was developed on land that was originally a farm called Weltevreden. Statistics indicate that Fairland has some of the lowest crime statistics within the Greater Johannesburg region.

Facilities

Major shopping centres around Fairland include: Cresta Shopping Centre, Clearwater Shopping Centre, EL Corro Shopping Centre, Fairland Walk Shopping Centre, Trade Centre, Makro etc.

There are a number of schools in the area, namely Laerskool Fairland, and Cliffview Primary School.