duly granted and the new name persisted until 1886 when it was renamed to Durbanville in order to avoid confusion with Durban - a major port city in the east of South Africa. Durbanville had its own court house, jail and magistrate from the 1870s and became a Magisterial District of Bellville. The court house complex still exists in altered form within the Rust-en-Vrede complex, originally erected in 1850. A village management board was established in 1897 and a municipality in 1901. The first mayor elected was John King. The village grew rapidly after the turn of the 19th century and a local wagon industry developed. The King Brothers Wagon Works' used to be South Africa's biggest wagon works. At the turn of the century, it employed more than 200 men, which just about accounted for the entire village. Geography Durbanville lies on the Tygerberg Hills (a range of hills between Durbanville and Bellville) approximately 28 km north-east of Cape Town by road and 47 km south-west of Malmesbury by road. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality as a Northern Suburb. The town is bordered by the towns of Brackenfell and Kraaifontein in the south-east and the town of Bellville in the south. Suburban Areas Amanda Glen (Residential) Aurora (Residential) Avalon Estate (Residential) Bergsig (Residential) Brentwood Park (Residential) Country Places (Residential) D'urbanvale (Residential) Durbanville Hills (Residential) Durbell (Residential) Durmonte (Residential) Everglen (Residential) Eversdal (Residential) Eversdal Heights (Residential) Goedemoed (Residential) Graanendal (Residential) Halali (Residential) Kenridge (Residential) Kenridge Heights (Residential) Klein Nederburg (Residential) Langeberg Village (Residential) Morningstar (Residential) Pinehurst (Residential) Proteaville (Residential) Rosedale (Residential) Schoongezicht (Residential) Sonstraal (Residential) Sonstraal Heights (Residential) Tara (Residential) The Crest (Residential) Uitzicht (Residential) Valmary Park (Residential) Vergesig (Residential) Vierlanden (Residential) Vygeboom (Residential) Welgevonden Estate (Residential) Wellway Park (Residential) Wellway Park East (Residential) Culture Afrikaans and English are the main languages spoken in Durbanville. In the past Afrikaans predominated culturally, but this has changed with the rapid development of the town. However the majority (59%) of the town still speaks Afrikaans as a first language. The principal religion of the population is Christianity with a wide variety of churches in the community. Demographics According to the 2011 Census, the population of Durbanville was 54,286. The following tables show various demographic data about Durbanville from that census. Gender Racial Makeup Home Language Education The town has the following public high schools: