Census 2011: Western Cape Province

Census 2011 results of Western Cape Province

Area: 129,462.21 km²
Population: 5,822,734 (44.98 per km²)
Households: 1,634,000 (12.62 per km²)

Districts

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Cape Winelands	787,490	21,472.67
Central Karoo	71,011	38,853.98
City of Cape Town	3,740,026	2,444.97
Eden	574,265	23,331.12
Overberg	258,176	12,240.78
West Coast	391,766	31,118.67

Gender

Gender	People	Percentage
Female	2,964,228	50.91%
Male	2,858,506	49.09%

Age

Age	People	Percentage
0–4	564,800	9.70%
5–9	460,162	7.90%
10–14	438,843	7.54%
15–19	480,121	8.25%
20–24	583,551	10.02%
25–29	592,548	10.18%
30–34	481,601	8.27%
35–39	436,639	7.50%
40–44	395,036	6.78%
45–49	347,867	5.97%
50–54	292,686	5.03%
55–59	228,099	3.92%
60–64	178,558	3.07%
65–69	125,212	2.15%
70–74	93,194	1.60%
75–79	59,940	1.03%
80–84	36,435	0.63%
85+	27,445	0.47%

Population group

Race	People	Percentage
Coloured	2,840,404	48.78%
Black African	1,912,547	32.85%
White	915,053	15.72%
Other	93,969	1.61%
Indian or Asian	60,761	1.04%

First language

Language	People	Percentage
Afrikaans	2,820,643	49.70%
isiXhosa	1,403,233	24.72%
English	1,149,049	20.25%
Other	127,117	2.24%
Sesotho	64,066	1.13%
isiZulu	24,634	0.43%
Setswana	24,534	0.43%
Sign language	22,172	0.39%
isiNdebele	15,238	0.27%
Xitsonga	9,152	0.16%
Sepedi	8,144	0.14%
Tshivenda	4,415	0.08%
SiSwati	3,208	0.06%
Not applicable	147,130

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