Northern Cape

Census 2011 results of Northern Cape Province

Area

372,889.36 km²

Population

1,145,861 (3.07 per km²)

Households

301,405 (0.81 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Frances Baard	382,086	12,835.66
John Taolo Gaetsewe	224,799	27,283.09
Namakwa	115,842	126,836.34
Pixley ka Seme	186,351	103,409.91
Siyanda	236,783	102,524.38

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	580,889	50.69%
Male	564,972	49.31%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	121,918	10.64%
5–9	114,007	9.95%
10–14	109,448	9.55%
15–19	107,676	9.40%
20–24	104,631	9.13%
25–29	100,372	8.76%
30–34	85,996	7.50%
35–39	75,221	6.56%
40–44	68,424	5.97%
45–49	61,818	5.39%
50–54	53,978	4.71%
55–59	43,975	3.84%
60–64	33,622	2.93%
65–69	23,791	2.08%
70–74	17,243	1.50%
75–79	11,473	1.00%
80–84	6,487	0.57%
85+	5,772	0.50%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Black African	576,986	50.35%
Coloured	461,899	40.31%
White	81,246	7.09%
Other	17,903	1.56%
Indian or Asian	7,827	0.68%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
Afrikaans	606,225	53.76%
Setswana	373,086	33.08%
isiXhosa	60,187	5.34%
English	37,842	3.36%
Sesotho	14,136	1.25%
Other	12,385	1.10%
isiZulu	8,501	0.75%
isiNdebele	6,023	0.53%
Sign language	3,933	0.35%
Sepedi	2,431	0.22%
Xitsonga	1,201	0.11%
Tshivenda	1,083	0.10%
SiSwati	648	0.06%
Not applicable	18,178

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