Bergvliet is a suburb of Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. Bergvliet, which means " Mountain Streamlet " in Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

, is bordered by Retreat

Retreat, Cape Town

-Geography:Retreat is bordered by Lavender Hill to the south and Heathfield to the north. Retreat railway station is on the main line from Cape Town to Simon's Town. Main Road runs along the west of Retreat....

, Meadowridge, Kreupelbosch, Tokai

Tokai, Cape Town

Tokai, a large residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, is situated on the foothills of the Constantiaberg, and is bordered by, Steenberg and Kirstenhof to the South, Bergvliet to the East, Constantia to the North and the SAFCOL pine tree plantations against the mountain to the...

, and Heathfield

Heathfield, Cape Town

-Geography:Heathfield is bordered by Retreat to the south and Diep River to the north. Heathfield railway station is on the main line from Cape Town to Simon's Town. Main Road runs along the west of Heathfield....

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Bergvliet is home to three schools: Bergvliet High School

Bergvliet High School

Bergvliet High School is a public high school in the suburb of Bergvliet in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.-Background:Bergvliet High currently has a student body of approximately 1130 learners. On the 20th of August 2009, it was announced that Stephen Price had been selected to become the...

, Bergvliet Primary School

Bergvliet Primary School

Bergvliet Primary School is a co-educational primary school located in Bergvliet, Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1950, the school currently has over 700 students enrolled, offering education from Reception Grade to Grade 7.-History:...

, and Sweet Valley Primary School

Sweet Valley Primary School

Sweet Valley Primary School is located in Bergvliet, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It was opened in January, 1957 with 24 students, taught by the Principal and two assistant educators. It is unusual in that the school was created before housing and other development took place as the area...

. All three of these schools were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

History

Bergvliet was formerly a large farm owned by Simon van der Stel

Simon van der Stel

Simon van der Stel was the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.-Background:...

. The original farmhouse of Cape Dutch

Cape Dutch

Cape Dutch are people of the Western Cape of South Africa who descended primarily from Dutch and Flemish as well as smaller numbers of French, German and other European immigrants along with a percentage of their Asian and African slaves, who, from the 17th century into the 19th century, remained...

 design still stands on a large property on the Western border of Bergvliet. The Bergvliet Farm, as it is known, is a very beautiful place with a small natural pond which is also a tiny bird sanctuary. The farm is also a favorite dog walking and running location. The original farm was made into a residential suburb for returning South African servicemen from World War II

World War II

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Demographics

According to the 2001 Census

South African National Census of 2001

The South African National Census of 2001 is the most recent national census of South Africa.The census was undertaken by Statistics South Africa and undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night, 9–10 October 2001. The enumeration primarily took place from 10 to...

, the population of Bergvliet was 3902. The following tables show various demographic data about Bergvliet from that census.

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	2 040	52.28%
Male	1 863	47.74%

Ethnic Group

Group	Population	%
Black African Black people The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...	84	2.15%
Coloured Coloured In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to an heterogenous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe, various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, West Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaya, India, Mozambique,...	224	5.74%
Indian Indian South Africans Indian South Africans are people of Indian descent living in South Africa and mostly live in and around the city of Durban, making it 'the largest 'Indian' city outside India'. Most Indians in South Africa are descendents of migrants from colonial India during late 19th-century through early... /Asian Asians in South Africa The majority of the Asian South African population is Indian in origin, most of them descended from indentured workers transported to work in the 19th century on the sugar plantations of the eastern coastal area, then known as Natal. They are largely English speaking, although many also retain the...	3	0.08%
White White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...	3 592	92.06%

Home Language

Language	Population	%
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	3 653	93.62%
Afrikaans	169	4.33%
Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...	21	0.54%
Other African languages	6	0.15%
Other languages	54	1.38%