West Rand District Municipality
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West Rand | |
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Coordinates: 26°15′S 27°30′E / 26.250°S 27.500°ECoordinates: 26°15′S 27°30′E / 26.250°S 27.500°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Seat | Randfontein |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Boyce Maneli (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,087 km2 (1,578 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 820,995 |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 79.2% |
• Coloured | 2.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
• White | 16.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 27.3% |
• Afrikaans | 16.9% |
• Xhosa | 14.9% |
• Sotho | 10.8% |
• Other | 30.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC48 |
West Rand District Municipality[1] is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort (which is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein.[4][5] The most spoken language among its population of 820,995 is Tswana (2011 census). The district code is CBDC8.
Geography
Neighbours
West Rand is surrounded by:
- Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the north
- Tshwane (Pretoria) to the north-east
- Johannesburg to the east
- Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-east
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²)[6] |
Population (2016)[7] |
Pop. density (per km²) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merafong City | GT484 | Carletonville | 1,631 | 188,843 | 115.8 |
Mogale City | GT481 | Krugersdorp | 1,342 | 383,864 | 286.0 |
Rand West City | GT485 | Randfontein | 1,115 | 265,887 | 238.5 |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Tswana | 215 507 | 24.96% |
Afrikaans | 126 338 | 16.98% |
Xhosa | 123 501 | 16.60% |
Sotho | 86 236 | 11.59% |
Zulu | 63 541 | 8.54% |
Tsonga | 38 410 | 5.16% |
English | 35 811 | 4.81% |
Northern Sotho | 22 618 | 3.04% |
Other | 10 587 | 1.42% |
Swati | 9 918 | 1.33% |
Venda | 8 927 | 1.20% |
Ndebele | 2 759 | 0.37% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Male | 400 157 | 53.77% |
Female | 344 011 | 46.23% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Black African | 587 665 | 78.84% |
White | 132 849 | 17.85% |
Coloured | 17 531 | 2.36% |
Indian/Asian | 7 123 | 0.96% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 63 062 | 8.47% |
005 - 009 | 55 983 | 7.52% |
010 - 014 | 55 746 | 7.49% |
015 - 019 | 58 721 | 7.89% |
020 - 024 | 72 868 | 9.79% |
025 - 029 | 82 601 | 11.10% |
030 - 034 | 77 616 | 10.43% |
035 - 039 | 76 425 | 10.27% |
040 - 044 | 65 412 | 8.79% |
045 - 049 | 46 479 | 6.25% |
050 - 054 | 31 153 | 4.19% |
055 - 059 | 19 826 | 2.66% |
060 - 064 | 14 459 | 1.94% |
065 - 069 | 9 058 | 1.22% |
070 - 074 | 6 526 | 0.88% |
075 - 079 | 4 177 | 0.56% |
080 - 084 | 2 561 | 0.34% |
085 - 089 | 897 | 0.12% |
090 - 094 | 395 | 0.05% |
095 - 099 | 130 | 0.02% |
100 plus | 73 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
This section needs to be updated.(October 2017) |
Election results for the West Rand District Municipality in the 2021 South African municipal elections.
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 79 559 | 43.82% |
Democratic Alliance | 48 337 | 26.62% |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 28 508 | 15.70% |
Freedom Front Plus | 11 749 | 6.47% |
African Independent Congress | 2 779 | 1.53% |
Patriotic Alliance | 1 978 | 1.09% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 1 693 | 0.93% |
African Transformation Movement | 1 178 | 0.65% |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1 134 | 0.62% |
United Democratic Movement | 1 017 | 0.56% |
Congress Of The People | 950 | 0.52% |
Randfontein Peoples Party | 854 | 0.47% |
Forum 4 Service Delivery | 653 | 0.36% |
National Freedom Party | 415 | 0.23% |
Activists Movement of South Africa | 339 | 0.19% |
Justice And Employment Party | 318 | 0.18% |
African Covenant | 114 | 0.06% |
Total | 181 575 | 100.00% |
References
- ^ a b "West Rand District Municipality | Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)". www.gcis.gov.za. Government Communication and Information System. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "West Rand District Municipality". www.localgovernment.co.za. Yes Media. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "West Rand District Municipality Contact". www.wrdm.gov.za. West Rand District Municipality. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
- ^ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016.
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