Census 2011: Gauteng Province

Census 2011 results of Gauteng Province

Area: 18,178.31 km²
Population: 12,272,263 (675.10 per km²)
Households: 3,909,022 (215.04 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
City of Johannesburg	4,434,827	1,644.98
City of Tshwane	2,921,488	6,297.83
Ekurhuleni	3,178,470	1,975.31
Sedibeng	916,484	4,172.76
West Rand	820,995	4,087.42

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Male	6,189,875	50.44%
Female	6,082,388	49.56%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	1,191,419	9.71%
5–9	905,502	7.38%
10–14	812,012	6.62%
15–19	924,588	7.53%
20–24	1,374,624	11.20%
25–29	1,480,846	12.07%
30–34	1,224,772	9.98%
35–39	1,012,021	8.25%
40–44	819,854	6.68%
45–49	683,093	5.57%
50–54	562,852	4.59%
55–59	438,401	3.57%
60–64	309,674	2.52%
65–69	201,628	1.64%
70–74	142,909	1.16%
75–79	89,356	0.73%
80–84	55,460	0.45%
85+	43,256	0.35%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	9,493,684	77.36%
White	1,913,884	15.60%
Coloured	423,594	3.45%
Indian or Asian	356,574	2.91%
Other	84,527	0.69%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
isiZulu	2,390,036	19.79%
English	1,603,464	13.28%
Afrikaans	1,502,940	12.45%
Sesotho	1,395,089	11.55%
Sepedi	1,282,896	10.62%
Setswana	1,094,599	9.06%
isiXhosa	796,841	6.60%
Xitsonga	796,511	6.60%
isiNdebele	380,494	3.15%
Other	371,575	3.08%
Tshivenda	272,122	2.25%
SiSwati	136,550	1.13%
Sign language	52,744	0.44%
Not applicable	196,402

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