Demographics
As of the census of 2001, there are 117,705 people and 28,745 households residing in the municipality. The racial makeup of the municipality is Black African 20.55%, Coloured 57.36%, Indian/Asian 0.20%, and White 21.88%.
17.7% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 4.09.
In the municipality the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 15, 24.4% from 15 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 25 years. For every 100 females there are 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males.
In the municipality 74.1% of residents speak Afrikaans at home, 6.9% speak English, 0.0% speak Ndebele, 17.2% speak Xhosa, 0.1% speak Zulu, 0.0% speak Northern Sotho, 1.0% speak Sotho, 0.0% speak Tswana, 0.0% speak Swati, 0.0% speak Venda, and 0.0% speak Tsonga. 0.0% of the population speaks a non-official language at home.
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