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Name Population
Census
2001-10-09
Population
Census
2011-10-09
 
Cape Town (incl. Mitchell's Plain, Khayelitsha, Bellville)2,678,4073,430,992

Source: Statistics South Africa (by adrianfrith.com).

Explanation: The tabulated population figures are derived from completely or mostly urban sub places according to the 2011 definition .
The 2001 and 2011 figures are not completely comparable because of boundary differences between the sub places of 2001 and 2011.
Some densely populated areas have been classified as "traditional" (and not as "urban") by Statistics South Africa and therefore are not considered here.
The aggregation of sub places to "reasonable" urban areas was done by »City Population«.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2011)
Males1,677,936
Females1,753,055
Population Group (C 2011)
Black African1,351,725
White507,694
Asian49,859
Coloured1,454,966
Other group66,722
First Language (C 2011)
Zulu18,343
Xhosa1,030,032
Afrikaans1,139,734
English989,262
Northern Sotho5,739
Tswana13,656
Sotho30,273
Tsonga6,516
Venda2,682
Southern Ndebele10,945
Sign Language13,914
Other language95,921

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