Home / South Africa Census 2011 / Eastern Cape
Census 2011 results for Eastern Cape Province
Area 168,965.98 km²
Population 6,562,053 (38.84 per km²)
Households 1,687,385 (9.99 per km²)
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
Districts District 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
Check out results of more provinces MzansiMirror.com is not affiliated with Statistics South Africa , nor is it affiliated with the South African Government . Stats SA provides the basic data, while Mzansi Mirror processes the census data to produce the information displayed. We obtained population statistics from the Census 2011 Community Profile Databases, and we calculated geographical areas from the Census 2011 GIS DVD of South Africa .
