Tamboerskloof is a neighbourhood

Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...

 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...

. It lies on the slopes of Lion's Head

Lion's Head (Cape Town)

Lion's Head is a mountain located in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at above sea level. The peak forms part of a dramatic backdrop to the city of Cape Town and is part of the Table Mountain National Park....

 and Signal Hill

Signal Hill (Cape Town)

Signal Hill aka Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain.The hill is also known as "The Lion's Flank", but this term is obsolete...

, adjacent to the neighbourhoods of Gardens

Gardens, Cape Town

Gardens is an inner-city suburb of Cape Town located just to the south of the city centre located in the higher elevations of the "City Bowl". It is located directly beneath Table Mountain and Lion's Head. It is an affluent neighbourhood populated mostly by young professionals and contains...

 and Bo-Kaap

Bo-Kaap

The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is quintessentially a Township, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is an historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town...

. Tamboerskloof is one neighbourhood within the bouquet of neighbourhoods referred to as the City Bowl

City Bowl

The City Bowl is a part of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a natural amphitheatre-shaped area bordered by Table Bay and defined by the mountains of Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain and Devil's Peak....

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Schools

Several schools can be found within Tamboerskloof, including Tamboerskloof Primary School, Jan van Riebeek Primary School and Jan van Riebeek High School

Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck

Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck is an Afrikaans high school in Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1926 by J.J. Jordaan. The school is situated at the foot of Table Mountain right next to the historical Welgemeend in Cape Town...

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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 Tamboerskloof was 2 921. The following tables show various demographic data about Tamboerskloof from that census.

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	1 375	52.93%
Male	1 546	47.07%

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...	166	5.68%
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,...	168	5.75%
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...	27	0.92%
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...	2 559	87.61%

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...	1 914	65.53%
Afrikaans	693	23.72%
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...	58	1.99%
Other African languages	35	1.20%
Other languages	221	7.57%

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