Newcastle
Local Municipality 524 from Census 2011

Area
1,855.29 km²
Population
363,236 (195.78 per km²)
Households
84,272 (45.42 per km²)

Gender

Female 52%48% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female190,39052.41%
Male172,84647.59%

Age

0–45–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485+
PeoplePercentage
0–440,73811.22%
5–938,81710.69%
10–1437,40510.30%
15–1940,52611.16%
20–2439,16010.78%
25–2933,5499.24%
30–3425,1666.93%
35–3921,4295.90%
40–4417,6014.85%
45–4915,6724.31%
50–5414,4663.98%
55–5912,6263.48%
60–649,7042.67%
65–696,0991.68%
70–744,5871.26%
75–792,7370.75%
80–841,6920.47%
85+1,2600.35%

Population group

Black African 92%4% White3% Indian or Asian
PeoplePercentage
Black African333,65791.86%
White14,2753.93%
Indian or Asian11,6863.22%
Coloured2,7330.75%
Other8860.24%

First language

isiZulu 86%6% English3% Afrikaans
3,148 "Not applicable" records excluded.
PeoplePercentage
isiZulu308,29785.62%
English22,9796.38%
Afrikaans12,5743.49%
Sesotho3,5390.98%
isiNdebele3,3970.94%
Other2,5240.70%
Sign language2,3090.64%
Setswana1,7620.49%
isiXhosa1,1540.32%
Sepedi6070.17%
SiSwati5540.15%
Xitsonga2640.07%
Tshivenda1290.04%
Not applicable3,148

Main Places

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Alcockspruit2,6564.03
Blaauwbosch Laagte21,3368.29
Cavan13,27312.54
Charlestown4,39221.99
Claremont4,7805.51
Dicks Halt7,09116.53
Fulathela North1,4930.84
Inverness1,4134.01
Jakkalspan9,63610.31
Jobstown627.22
Johnstown9,5685.62
Leslie5,6213.63
Madadeni119,49727.96
Manzana2,8661.56
Masondale2,7448.43
Mndozo3,9858.99
Muiskraal3,4526.95
Newcastle56,14475.79
Newcastle NU12,4701,590.68
Ngagane9060.74
Ngagane Colliery1978.08
Osizweni77,84515.34
Suspense9277.56
Taum8832.68