Census 2001

This site provides online access to a selection of results from South Africa's Census 2001 down to the “subplace” layer of detail, as released in the Community Profile Database DVD set. Please note the disclaimer at the foot of this page.

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You can select one of the provinces below and then navigate further down the hierarchy of places.

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Eastern Cape6,278,651168,917
Free State2,706,776129,825
Gauteng9,389,35518,178
KwaZulu-Natal9,584,12993,328
Limpopo4,995,533125,756
Mpumalanga3,365,88576,495
North West2,983,196104,882
Northern Cape991,919372,889
Western Cape4,524,334129,462

Place types

The census results are available for six types of area, which are listed here from largest to smallest.

Provinces
The nine provinces of South Africa.
Metropolitan and District Municipalities
Administrative divisions of the provinces.
Local Municipalities
Administrative divisions of the district municipalities.
Main Places
Named locations determined by Stats SA, which generally correspond to towns, small cities, regions of large cities, or traditional council areas. Areas that do not fall within any named settlement are incorporated in a main place named for the municipality.
Sub Places
Named locations determined by Stats SA, which generally correspond to suburbs, villages, or localities. When a main place contains only one sub place, that sub place is named for the main place with a suffix of “SP”.