Eastern Cape

Census 2011 results of Eastern Cape Province

Area

168,965.98 km²

Population

6,562,053 (38.84 per km²)

Households

1,687,385 (9.99 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Alfred Nzo	801,344	10,731.22
Amathole	892,637	21,594.92
Buffalo City	755,200	2,535.93
Cacadu	450,584	58,243.29
Chris Hani	795,461	36,143.54
Joe Gqabi	349,768	25,662.66
Nelson Mandela Bay	1,152,115	1,958.91
O.R.Tambo	1,364,943	12,095.51

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	3,472,353	52.92%
Male	3,089,701	47.08%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	767,216	11.69%
5–9	715,992	10.91%
10–14	684,282	10.43%
15–19	740,515	11.28%
20–24	608,372	9.27%
25–29	490,307	7.47%
30–34	388,587	5.92%
35–39	359,404	5.48%
40–44	327,336	4.99%
45–49	308,607	4.70%
50–54	290,806	4.43%
55–59	242,405	3.69%
60–64	196,630	3.00%
65–69	140,470	2.14%
70–74	125,949	1.92%
75–79	81,235	1.24%
80–84	53,727	0.82%
85+	40,212	0.61%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	5,660,230	86.26%
Coloured	541,850	8.26%
White	310,450	4.73%
Indian or Asian	27,929	0.43%
Other	21,595	0.33%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
isiXhosa	5,092,152	78.85%
Afrikaans	683,410	10.58%
English	362,502	5.61%
Sesotho	158,964	2.46%
Sign language	42,235	0.65%
Other	36,893	0.57%
isiZulu	31,634	0.49%
isiNdebele	14,854	0.23%
Sepedi	14,299	0.22%
Setswana	12,607	0.20%
Tshivenda	3,663	0.06%
Xitsonga	3,092	0.05%
SiSwati	2,020	0.03%
Not applicable	103,728

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