Census 2011: Free State Province

Census 2011 results of Free State Province

Area: 129,825.16 km²
Population: 2,745,590 (21.15 per km²)
Households: 823,316 (6.34 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Fezile Dabi	488,036	20,667.97
Lejweleputswa	627,626	31,930.28
Mangaung	747,431	6,283.99
Thabo Mofutsanyane	736,238	33,269.19
Xhariep	146,259	37,673.74

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	1,416,623	51.60%
Male	1,328,967	48.40%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	295,896	10.78%
5–9	262,522	9.56%
10–14	240,498	8.76%
15–19	262,898	9.58%
20–24	282,479	10.29%
25–29	251,668	9.17%
30–34	205,741	7.49%
35–39	178,979	6.52%
40–44	161,378	5.88%
45–49	146,990	5.35%
50–54	125,330	4.56%
55–59	102,422	3.73%
60–64	78,033	2.84%
65–69	54,102	1.97%
70–74	40,083	1.46%
75–79	27,458	1.00%
80–84	15,755	0.57%
85+	13,356	0.49%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	2,405,533	87.61%
White	239,026	8.71%
Coloured	83,844	3.05%
Indian or Asian	10,398	0.38%
Other	6,790	0.25%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
Sesotho	1,717,881	64.20%
Afrikaans	340,490	12.72%
isiXhosa	201,145	7.52%
Setswana	140,228	5.24%
isiZulu	118,126	4.41%
English	78,782	2.94%
Sign language	32,910	1.23%
Other	15,935	0.60%
isiNdebele	10,008	0.37%
Xitsonga	8,039	0.30%
Sepedi	7,395	0.28%
Tshivenda	2,592	0.10%
SiSwati	2,246	0.08%
Not applicable	69,813

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