Merlewood
Sub Place 506014011 from Census 2011
- Area
- 2.23 km²
- Population
- 7,070 (3,168.00 per km²)
- Households
- 2,973 (1,332.17 per km²)
Gender
| People | Percentage |
|---|
| Female | 3,541 | 50.08% |
| Male | 3,530 | 49.92% |
Age
| People | Percentage |
|---|
| 0–4 | 736 | 10.42% |
| 5–9 | 493 | 6.98% |
| 10–14 | 486 | 6.88% |
| 15–19 | 620 | 8.77% |
| 20–24 | 940 | 13.30% |
| 25–29 | 1,066 | 15.09% |
| 30–34 | 808 | 11.44% |
| 35–39 | 587 | 8.31% |
| 40–44 | 425 | 6.01% |
| 45–49 | 287 | 4.06% |
| 50–54 | 211 | 2.99% |
| 55–59 | 157 | 2.22% |
| 60–64 | 107 | 1.51% |
| 65–69 | 53 | 0.75% |
| 70–74 | 35 | 0.50% |
| 75–79 | 26 | 0.37% |
| 80–84 | 19 | 0.27% |
| 85+ | 10 | 0.14% |
Population group
| People | Percentage |
|---|
| Black African | 5,947 | 84.10% |
| Coloured | 1,041 | 14.72% |
| Indian or Asian | 63 | 0.89% |
| White | 11 | 0.16% |
| Other | 9 | 0.13% |
First language
| People | Percentage |
|---|
| isiZulu | 3,543 | 50.13% |
| isiXhosa | 2,048 | 28.98% |
| English | 1,133 | 16.03% |
| Afrikaans | 155 | 2.19% |
| isiNdebele | 64 | 0.91% |
| Sign language | 33 | 0.47% |
| Setswana | 30 | 0.42% |
| Sepedi | 25 | 0.35% |
| Sesotho | 21 | 0.30% |
| Other | 12 | 0.17% |
| Tshivenda | 2 | 0.03% |
| SiSwati | 1 | 0.01% |
| Xitsonga | 1 | 0.01% |