Alberton Area Info

Alberton at a glance

Alberton is a town situated on the East Rand of Gauteng Province in South Africa. Most of its workers commute to work in nearby suburbs or cities, the town has multiple access roads to all major freeways in Gauteng and is close to the major urban centres of Johannesburg (15 km) and Pretoria (76 km).

Suburbs:

Over the years development sprawled out into adjacent areas, and today Alberton is made up of 19 suburbs: Aarton, Alberante, Albertsdal, Alberton North, Alrode, Brackendowns, Brackenhurst, Eden Park, Florentia, General Alberts Park, Mayberry Park, Meyersdal, New Redruth, Newmarket Park, Palm Ridge, Randhart, Raceview, Roxton, South Crest, South Downs, Thokoza, and Verwoerdpark.

Alrode, which is Alberton's current industrial suburb, was established in 1943.

Facilities:

Healthcare facilities include numerous government clinics as well the privately run Union Hospital and Clinton Clinic.

There are sports facilities and clubs for tennis, rugby, boxing, wrestling, cricket, jukskei, netball, hockey, soccer, bowls, korfball and ring tennis in Alberton. It is also home to the Reading Country Club and Golf Course. 

Shopping:

There are two newly built malls Mall of the South and Newmarket Mall which shows the confidence that investors have in the area.