Census 2011 results for City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Area
1,644.98 km²
Population
4,434,827 (2,695.97 per km²)
Households
1,434,856 (872.26 per km²)
Gender
Gender
People
Percentage
Male
2,225,137
50.17%
Female
2,209,690
49.83%
Age
Age
People
Percentage
0–4
432,721
9.76%
5–9
318,465
7.18%
10–14
277,624
6.26%
15–19
315,117
7.11%
20–24
502,412
11.33%
25–29
572,806
12.92%
30–34
472,034
10.64%
35–39
377,865
8.52%
40–44
293,746
6.62%
45–49
236,479
5.33%
50–54
192,934
4.35%
55–59
151,531
3.42%
60–64
107,683
2.43%
65–69
67,907
1.53%
70–74
48,797
1.10%
75–79
31,049
0.70%
80–84
19,589
0.44%
85+
16,068
0.36%
Population group
Race
People
Percentage
Black African
3,389,278
76.42%
White
544,530
12.28%
Coloured
247,276
5.58%
Indian or Asian
216,198
4.88%
Other
37,545
0.85%
First language
Language
People
Percentage
isiZulu
1,022,747
23.41%
English
878,230
20.10%
Sesotho
420,117
9.61%
Setswana
335,713
7.68%
Afrikaans
318,063
7.28%
Sepedi
317,277
7.26%
isiXhosa
298,523
6.83%
Xitsonga
287,625
6.58%
Other
168,566
3.86%
Tshivenda
141,435
3.24%
isiNdebele
126,587
2.90%
SiSwati
35,926
0.82%
Sign language
18,793
0.43%
Not applicable
65,225
Main Places
Name
Population
Area (km²)
Alexandra
179,624
6.91
Chartwell
1,728
9.07
City of Johannesburg NU
9,933
289.84
Dainfern
6,601
4.08
Diepsloot
138,329
12.00
Drie Ziek
35,622
7.53
Ebony Park
22,309
1.63
Ennerdale
71,815
21.33
Farmall
1,051
5.01
Itsoseng
5,243
0.58
Ivory Park
184,383
9.21
Johannesburg
957,441
334.81
Kaalfontein
46,147
4.96
Kagiso
5,182
0.57
Kanana Park
21,005
6.82
Lakeside
23,503
3.78
Lanseria
4,788
1.83
Lawley
33,136
6.09
Lehae
13,380
3.50
Lenasia
89,714
20.28
Lenasia South
37,110
13.98
Lucky 7
0
0.11
Malatjie
2,321
0.18
Mayibuye
22,178
1.16
Midrand
87,387
152.87
Millgate Farm
172
0.88
Orange Farm
76,767
12.16
Poortjie
11,153
2.43
Rabie Ridge
41,204
3.33
Randburg
337,053
167.98
Randfontein
0
9.19
Rietfontein
196
2.17
Roodepoort
326,416
161.50
Sandton
222,415
143.54
Soweto
1,271,628
200.03
Stretford
61,141
7.38
Tshepisong
53,260
6.56
Vlakfontein
27,291
4.63
Zakariyya Park
6,200
1.96
Zevenfontein
0
3.11
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.
