Cato Ridge
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| Coordinates: 29°42′58″S 30°36′58″E / 29.716°S 30.616°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | eThekwini |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.18 km2 (7.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,874 |
| • Density | 192.0/km2 (497.2/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 92.2% |
| • Coloured | 1.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
| • White | 5.4% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 78.5% |
| • English | 7.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 4.1% |
| • Xhosa | 3.0% |
| • Other | 7.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 3680 |
| Area code | 031 |
Cato Ridge is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa named after George Christopher Cato (1814–1893), the first mayor of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality as a suburb of the Outer West region.