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% |