Free State
Province 4 from Census 2011

Area
129,825.16 km²
Population
2,745,590 (21.15 per km²)
Households
823,316 (6.34 per km²)

Gender

Female 52%48% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female1,416,62351.60%
Male1,328,96748.40%

Age

0–45–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485+
PeoplePercentage
0–4295,89610.78%
5–9262,5229.56%
10–14240,4988.76%
15–19262,8989.58%
20–24282,47910.29%
25–29251,6689.17%
30–34205,7417.49%
35–39178,9796.52%
40–44161,3785.88%
45–49146,9905.35%
50–54125,3304.56%
55–59102,4223.73%
60–6478,0332.84%
65–6954,1021.97%
70–7440,0831.46%
75–7927,4581.00%
80–8415,7550.57%
85+13,3560.49%

Population group

Black African 88%9% White3% Coloured
PeoplePercentage
Black African2,405,53387.61%
White239,0268.71%
Coloured83,8443.05%
Indian or Asian10,3980.38%
Other6,7900.25%

First language

Sesotho 64%Afrikaans 13%8% isiXhosa5% Setswana4% isiZulu
69,813 "Not applicable" records excluded.
PeoplePercentage
Sesotho1,717,88164.20%
Afrikaans340,49012.72%
isiXhosa201,1457.52%
Setswana140,2285.24%
isiZulu118,1264.41%
English78,7822.94%
Sign language32,9101.23%
Other15,9350.60%
isiNdebele10,0080.37%
Xitsonga8,0390.30%
Sepedi7,3950.28%
Tshivenda2,5920.10%
SiSwati2,2460.08%
Not applicable69,813

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Fezile Dabi488,03620,667.97
Lejweleputswa627,62631,930.28
Mangaung747,4316,283.99
Thabo Mofutsanyane736,23833,269.19
Xhariep146,25937,673.74