Eastern Cape
Province 2 from Census 2011

Area
168,965.98 km²
Population
6,562,053 (38.84 per km²)
Households
1,687,385 (9.99 per km²)

Gender

Female 53%47% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female3,472,35352.92%
Male3,089,70147.08%

Age

0–45–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485+
PeoplePercentage
0–4767,21611.69%
5–9715,99210.91%
10–14684,28210.43%
15–19740,51511.28%
20–24608,3729.27%
25–29490,3077.47%
30–34388,5875.92%
35–39359,4045.48%
40–44327,3364.99%
45–49308,6074.70%
50–54290,8064.43%
55–59242,4053.69%
60–64196,6303.00%
65–69140,4702.14%
70–74125,9491.92%
75–7981,2351.24%
80–8453,7270.82%
85+40,2120.61%

Population group

Black African 86%8% Coloured5% White
PeoplePercentage
Black African5,660,23086.26%
Coloured541,8508.26%
White310,4504.73%
Indian or Asian27,9290.43%
Other21,5950.33%

First language

isiXhosa 79%11% Afrikaans6% English
103,728 "Not applicable" records excluded.
PeoplePercentage
isiXhosa5,092,15278.85%
Afrikaans683,41010.58%
English362,5025.61%
Sesotho158,9642.46%
Sign language42,2350.65%
Other36,8930.57%
isiZulu31,6340.49%
isiNdebele14,8540.23%
Sepedi14,2990.22%
Setswana12,6070.20%
Tshivenda3,6630.06%
Xitsonga3,0920.05%
SiSwati2,0200.03%
Not applicable103,728

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Alfred Nzo801,34410,731.22
Amathole892,63721,594.92
Buffalo City755,2002,535.93
Cacadu450,58458,243.29
Chris Hani795,46136,143.54
Joe Gqabi349,76825,662.66
Nelson Mandela Bay1,152,1151,958.91
O.R.Tambo1,364,94312,095.51