Census 2011: Limpopo Province

Census 2011 results of Limpopo Province

Area: 125,755.09 km²
Population: 5,404,868 (42.98 per km²)
Households: 1,418,102 (11.28 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Capricorn	1,261,463	21,705.46
Greater Sekhukhune	1,076,840	13,527.72
Mopani	1,092,507	20,011.09
Vhembe	1,294,722	25,597.42
Waterberg	679,336	44,913.39

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	2,880,732	53.30%
Male	2,524,136	46.70%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	680,163	12.58%
5–9	583,964	10.80%
10–14	570,885	10.56%
15–19	627,334	11.61%
20–24	547,565	10.13%
25–29	441,888	8.18%
30–34	343,839	6.36%
35–39	300,240	5.55%
40–44	255,723	4.73%
45–49	236,315	4.37%
50–54	190,995	3.53%
55–59	158,596	2.93%
60–64	128,947	2.39%
65–69	101,023	1.87%
70–74	87,658	1.62%
75–79	59,993	1.11%
80–84	47,895	0.89%
85+	41,848	0.77%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	5,224,754	96.67%
White	139,359	2.58%
Indian or Asian	17,881	0.33%
Coloured	14,415	0.27%
Other	8,459	0.16%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
Sepedi	2,826,464	52.94%
Xitsonga	906,325	16.98%
Tshivenda	892,809	16.72%
Afrikaans	140,185	2.63%
Setswana	107,021	2.00%
isiNdebele	104,283	1.95%
Other	86,322	1.62%
Sesotho	80,299	1.50%
English	78,692	1.47%
isiZulu	62,424	1.17%
SiSwati	25,346	0.47%
isiXhosa	20,275	0.38%
Sign language	8,230	0.15%
Not applicable	66,193

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