Census 2011: North West Province

Census 2011 results of North West Province

Area: 104,881.67 km²
Population: 3,509,953 (33.47 per km²)
Households: 1,062,015 (10.13 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Bojanala	1,507,505	18,333.39
Dr Kenneth Kaunda	695,933	14,642.24
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati	463,815	43,699.96
Ngaka Modiri Molema	842,699	28,206.08

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Male	1,779,903	50.71%
Female	1,730,049	49.29%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	404,347	11.52%
5–9	332,304	9.47%
10–14	303,713	8.65%
15–19	316,533	9.02%
20–24	343,392	9.78%
25–29	327,662	9.34%
30–34	271,682	7.74%
35–39	236,739	6.74%
40–44	204,925	5.84%
45–49	187,119	5.33%
50–54	160,567	4.57%
55–59	128,579	3.66%
60–64	94,538	2.69%
65–69	71,692	2.04%
70–74	51,710	1.47%
75–79	34,216	0.97%
80–84	21,482	0.61%
85+	18,752	0.53%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	3,152,063	89.80%
White	255,385	7.28%
Coloured	71,409	2.03%
Indian or Asian	20,652	0.59%
Other	10,444	0.30%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
Setswana	2,191,230	63.39%
Afrikaans	309,867	8.96%
Sesotho	201,153	5.82%
isiXhosa	190,601	5.51%
Xitsonga	127,146	3.68%
English	120,041	3.47%
isiZulu	84,835	2.45%
Sepedi	83,999	2.43%
Other	60,872	1.76%
isiNdebele	43,988	1.27%
Tshivenda	16,255	0.47%
Sign language	14,924	0.43%
SiSwati	12,091	0.35%
Not applicable	52,949

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