Western Cape
Province 1 from Census 2011

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

Gender

Female 51%49% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female2,964,22850.91%
Male2,858,50649.09%

Age

0–45–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485+
PeoplePercentage
0–4564,8009.70%
5–9460,1627.90%
10–14438,8437.54%
15–19480,1218.25%
20–24583,55110.02%
25–29592,54810.18%
30–34481,6018.27%
35–39436,6397.50%
40–44395,0366.78%
45–49347,8675.97%
50–54292,6865.03%
55–59228,0993.92%
60–64178,5583.07%
65–69125,2122.15%
70–7493,1941.60%
75–7959,9401.03%
80–8436,4350.63%
85+27,4450.47%

Population group

49% ColouredBlack African 33%16% White
PeoplePercentage
Coloured2,840,40448.78%
Black African1,912,54732.85%
White915,05315.72%
Other93,9691.61%
Indian or Asian60,7611.04%

First language

50% AfrikaansisiXhosa 25%20% English
147,130 "Not applicable" records excluded.
PeoplePercentage
Afrikaans2,820,64349.70%
isiXhosa1,403,23324.72%
English1,149,04920.25%
Other127,1172.24%
Sesotho64,0661.13%
isiZulu24,6340.43%
Setswana24,5340.43%
Sign language22,1720.39%
isiNdebele15,2380.27%
Xitsonga9,1520.16%
Sepedi8,1440.14%
Tshivenda4,4150.08%
SiSwati3,2080.06%
Not applicable147,130

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Cape Winelands787,49021,472.67
Central Karoo71,01138,853.98
City of Cape Town3,740,0262,444.97
Eden574,26523,331.12
Overberg258,17612,240.78
West Coast391,76631,118.67