Bishop Lavis
An informal settlement in Bishop Lavis.
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Coordinates: 33°56′55″S 18°34′33″E / 33.94861°S 18.57583°E / -33.94861; 18.57583
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Established	Developed by Communicare between 1951 - 1960
Area [1]
• Total	2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	26,482
• Density	10,300/km2 (26,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	1.9%
• Coloured	97.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.0%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	86.4%
• English	12.0%
• Other	1.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7490
Area code	021

Bishop Lavis is a suburb of Cape Town, located 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of the city centre near Cape Town International Airport. It had, as of 2001, a population of 44,419 people, of whom 97% described themselves as Coloured, and 90% spoke Afrikaans while 9% spoke English.^[2] The official 2011 census gave the population figure as 26,482.^[1]