Census 2011: Mpumalanga Province

Census 2011 results of Mpumalanga Province

Area: 76,494.75 km²
Population: 4,039,939 (52.81 per km²)
Households: 1,075,488 (14.06 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Ehlanzeni	1,688,615	27,895.63
Gert Sibande	1,043,194	31,840.88
Nkangala	1,308,129	16,758.25

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	2,065,883	51.14%
Male	1,974,055	48.86%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	461,559	11.42%
5–9	402,771	9.97%
10–14	396,347	9.81%
15–19	424,280	10.50%
20–24	427,541	10.58%
25–29	393,095	9.73%
30–34	297,563	7.37%
35–39	255,908	6.33%
40–44	216,839	5.37%
45–49	193,839	4.80%
50–54	156,681	3.88%
55–59	129,362	3.20%
60–64	94,442	2.34%
65–69	64,216	1.59%
70–74	51,763	1.28%
75–79	31,214	0.77%
80–84	23,550	0.58%
85+	18,970	0.47%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	3,662,219	90.65%
White	303,595	7.51%
Coloured	36,611	0.91%
Indian or Asian	27,917	0.69%
Other	9,597	0.24%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
SiSwati	1,106,588	27.67%
isiZulu	965,253	24.14%
Xitsonga	416,746	10.42%
isiNdebele	403,678	10.10%
Sepedi	372,392	9.31%
Afrikaans	289,446	7.24%
Sesotho	138,559	3.47%
English	124,646	3.12%
Setswana	71,713	1.79%
isiXhosa	48,993	1.23%
Other	39,639	0.99%
Tshivenda	12,140	0.30%
Sign language	8,932	0.22%
Not applicable	41,213

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