Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Zulu | 829 039 | 93.58% |
| English | 31 146 | 3.52% |
| Afrikaans | 18 086 | 2.04% |
| Ndebele | 1 709 | 0.19% |
| Xhosa | 1 267 | 0.14% |
| Northern Sotho | 1 051 | 0.12% |
| Swati | 1 016 | 0.11% |
| Other | 825 | 0.09% |
| Sotho | 745 | 0.08% |
| Tsonga | 586 | 0.07% |
| Tswana | 410 | 0.05% |
| Venda | 83 | 0.01% |
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