KwaZulu-Natal

Census 2011 results of KwaZulu-Natal Province

Area

94,361.32 km²

Population

10,267,300 (108.81 per km²)

Households

2,539,429 (26.91 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Amajuba	499,839	6,910.51
eThekwini	3,442,361	2,291.31
iLembe	606,809	3,269.26
Sisonke	461,419	10,547.42
Ugu	722,484	5,046.88
Umgungundlovu	1,017,763	9,512.92
Umkhanyakude	625,846	13,855.35
Umzinyathi	510,838	8,589.16
Uthukela	668,848	11,326.12
Uthungulu	907,519	8,213.39
Zululand	803,575	14,798.98

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	5,388,625	52.48%
Male	4,878,676	47.52%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	1,198,134	11.67%
5–9	1,042,528	10.15%
10–14	1,038,856	10.12%
15–19	1,119,535	10.90%
20–24	1,102,389	10.74%
25–29	980,928	9.55%
30–34	729,231	7.10%
35–39	612,616	5.97%
40–44	499,101	4.86%
45–49	454,638	4.43%
50–54	384,397	3.74%
55–59	325,571	3.17%
60–64	271,326	2.64%
65–69	175,672	1.71%
70–74	137,821	1.34%
75–79	86,377	0.84%
80–84	62,126	0.61%
85+	46,053	0.45%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	8,912,921	86.81%
Indian or Asian	756,991	7.37%
White	428,842	4.18%
Coloured	141,376	1.38%
Other	27,170	0.26%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
isiZulu	7,901,932	77.82%
English	1,337,606	13.17%
isiXhosa	340,832	3.36%
Afrikaans	161,876	1.59%
isiNdebele	111,657	1.10%
Sesotho	79,416	0.78%
Other	77,519	0.76%
Setswana	52,229	0.51%
Sign language	48,575	0.48%
Sepedi	20,555	0.20%
Xitsonga	8,936	0.09%
SiSwati	8,347	0.08%
Tshivenda	4,309	0.04%
Not applicable	113,511

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