Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
IsiZulu | 544 669 | 60.52% |
SiSwati | 158 623 | 17.62% |
Afrikaans | 70 236 | 7.80% |
Sesotho | 45 828 | 5.09% |
IsiNdebele | 23 985 | 2.66% |
IsiXhosa | 21 055 | 2.34% |
English | 14 514 | 1.61% |
Sepedi | 7 742 | 0.86% |
Xitsonga | 6 345 | 0.70% |
Setswana | 3 531 | 0.39% |
Other | 2 339 | 0.26% |
Tshivenda | 1 133 | 0.13% |
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