Waterval Estate
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Coordinates: 26°09′01″S 27°58′45″E / 26.1504°S 27.9791°E / -26.1504; 27.9791
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Randburg
Established	1903
Area [1]
• Total	1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,826
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	21.0%
• Coloured	3.6%
• Indian/Asian	6.3%
• White	67.6%
• Other	1.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	50.8%
• Afrikaans	31.4%
• Zulu	4.5%
• Xhosa	2.9%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Waterval Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, is close to Randburg's centre.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Waterval.^[2] It became a suburb in 1903 and takes its name from the original farm name.^[2]