Roseacre is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Roseacre
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Coordinates: 26.239°S 28.081°E / -26.239; 28.081
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1947
Area [1]
• Total	0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,709
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	35.9%
• Coloured	14.0%
• Indian/Asian	6.9%
• White	37.4%
• Other	5.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	50.6%
• Afrikaans	17.0%
• Zulu	8.7%
• Xhosa	2.7%
• Other	21.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2197

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipriviersberg.[2] It was a proclaimed a suburb on 14 May 1947 and named after the lands owner, William Harrison and his home town of Roseacre, Lancashire.[2]

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