Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| IsiZulu | 616 610 | 87.59% |
| English | 49 644 | 7.05% |
| IsiXhosa | 22 890 | 3.25% |
| Afrikaans | 9 937 | 1.41% |
| IsiNdebele | 1 556 | 0.22% |
| Sesotho | 860 | 0.12% |
| Sepedi | 818 | 0.12% |
| Other | 671 | 0.10% |
| SiSwati | 535 | 0.08% |
| Setswana | 325 | 0.05% |
| Xitsonga | 95 | 0.01% |
| Tshivenda | 75 | 0.01% |
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