West Rand
District Municipality 748 from Census 2011

Area
4,087.42 km²
Population
820,995 (200.86 per km²)
Households
267,397 (65.42 per km²)
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Gender

Male 52%48% Female
PeoplePercentage
Male428,17552.15%
Female392,82047.85%

Age

0–45–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485+
PeoplePercentage
0–478,2899.54%
5–962,0777.56%
10–1457,7707.04%
15–1962,4167.60%
20–2486,68410.56%
25–2991,42711.14%
30–3476,9449.37%
35–3966,2848.07%
40–4458,2787.10%
45–4953,3856.50%
50–5443,8135.34%
55–5930,9263.77%
60–6419,8152.41%
65–6912,7091.55%
70–749,0221.10%
75–795,4150.66%
80–843,3440.41%
85+2,3970.29%

Population group

Black African 79%17% White
PeoplePercentage
Black African650,13279.19%
White137,04116.69%
Coloured20,5502.50%
Indian or Asian9,4331.15%
Other3,8380.47%

First language

27% SetswanaAfrikaans 17%isiXhosa 15%Sesotho 11%isiZulu 9%7% English5% Xitsonga3% Sepedi
19,753 "Not applicable" records excluded.
PeoplePercentage
Setswana218,99527.33%
Afrikaans135,68516.93%
isiXhosa119,50714.92%
Sesotho86,54910.80%
isiZulu72,4479.04%
English53,3216.65%
Xitsonga41,8465.22%
Sepedi24,6223.07%
Other16,7492.09%
Tshivenda11,5751.44%
isiNdebele8,5411.07%
SiSwati7,3340.92%
Sign language4,0710.51%
Not applicable19,753

Local Municipalities

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Merafong City197,5201,630.54
Mogale City362,4221,342.16
Randfontein149,286474.89
Westonaria111,767639.82