West Rand
District Municipality DC48 from Census 2001

Area
4,087.42 km²
Population
744,157 (182.06 per km²)
Households
283,372 (69.33 per km²)

Gender

Male 54%46% Female
PeoplePercentage
Male400,15553.77%
Female344,00246.23%

Population group

Black African 79%18% White
PeoplePercentage
Black African586,66678.84%
White132,85017.85%
Coloured17,5212.35%
Indian or Asian7,1200.96%

First language

29% SetswanaAfrikaans 17%isiXhosa 17%Sesotho 12%9% isiZulu5% Xitsonga5% English3% Sepedi
PeoplePercentage
Setswana215,50828.96%
Afrikaans126,33816.98%
isiXhosa123,50116.60%
Sesotho86,23611.59%
isiZulu63,5418.54%
Xitsonga38,4045.16%
English35,8134.81%
Sepedi22,6193.04%
Other10,5901.42%
SiSwati9,9181.33%
Tshivenda8,9301.20%
isiNdebele2,7590.37%

Local Municipalities

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Merafong City210,4821,630.55
Mogale City289,8341,099.22
Randfontein128,731477.11
West Rand5,781242.92
Westonaria109,327637.62