Newcastle
Local Municipality KZN252 from Census 2001
Area: 1855.28 km²
Population: 332980 (179.48 per km²)
Households: 71998 (38.81 per km²)
| Gender |
People |
Percentage |
| Female |
175807 |
52.80% |
| Male |
157173 |
47.20% |
| Population group |
People |
Percentage |
| Black African |
302577 |
90.87% |
| White |
18028 |
5.41% |
| Indian or Asian |
10132 |
3.04% |
| Coloured |
2243 |
0.67% |
| First language |
People |
Percentage |
| isiZulu |
292722 |
87.91% |
| English |
16629 |
4.99% |
| Afrikaans |
14427 |
4.33% |
| Sesotho |
4886 |
1.47% |
| SiSwati |
1297 |
0.39% |
| isiXhosa |
1117 |
0.34% |
| Other |
642 |
0.19% |
| isiNdebele |
533 |
0.16% |
| Sepedi |
314 |
0.09% |
| Setswana |
273 |
0.08% |
| Xitsonga |
85 |
0.03% |
| Tshivenda |
56 |
0.02% |