Bishop Lavis
{{short description|Suburb of Cape Town on the Cape Flats}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bishop Lavis
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Rising gap between rich and poor (8516510961).jpg
| photo2a =
| spacing = 1
| color_border = white
| color = white
| size = 280
| foot_montage = {{resize|114%|An informal settlement in Bishop Lavis.}}
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| pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|33|56|55|S|18|34|33|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Western Cape
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = City of Cape Town
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| established_date = Developed by Communicare between 1951 - 1960
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/199024003 |title = Sub Place Bishop Lavis |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 2.58
| population_total = 26482
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 1.9%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 97.2%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 0.0%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 0.5%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans
| demographics2_info1 = 86.4%
| demographics2_title2 = English
| demographics2_info2 = 12.0%
| demographics2_title3 =
| demographics2_info3 =
| demographics2_title4 =
| demographics2_info4 =
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 1.5%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code = 7490
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code =
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 021
}}
Bishop Lavis is a suburb of Cape Town, located {{convert|15|km|0}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/stats/2001census/Documents/Bishop%20Lavis.htm |title=Bishop Lavis |work=Census 2001 |publisher=City of Cape Town |access-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302130450/http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/stats/2001census/Documents/Bishop%20Lavis.htm |archive-date=2010-03-02 |url-status=dead }} The official 2011 census gave the population figure as 26,482.
Bishop Lavis is one of many townships that was established in the Western Cape Province by the country's reigning regime at the introduction of apartheid in South Africa. During this period non-white citizens were moved from their lands and homes across the region (because it was abruptly designated for "whites only"), into these townships.