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SUMMARY OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
The information in the section was obtained from the Western Cape Government's Socio-economic Profile - Swartland Municipality - 2022
POPULATION
The information in the section was obtained from the Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016 of Statistics South Africa, as well as the Population Survey 2017 done by Swartland Municipality.
PLEASE NOTE: The results of the 2022 Stats SA Census were not available by finalisation of this IDP and will be included in the next annual revision.
Population composition and growth
Black African
2011: 20 805
2016: 20 965
Annual Growth 2011-2016: 0.15%
Coloured
2011: 73 753
2016: 87 070
Annual Growth 2011-2016: 3.38%
Indian or Asian
2011: 585
2016: 795
Annual Growth 2011-2016: 6.33%
White
2011: 17 780
2016: 24 932
Annual Growth 2011-2016: 7.00%
Other
2011: 838
TOTAL SWARTLAND
2011: 113 762
2016: 133 762
Annual Growth 2011-2016: 3.29%
The population increased from 113 762 in 2011 to 133 762 in 2016. The average growth rate between 2011 and 2016 was 3.3% per annum. 65.1% of the population is Coloured, 18.6% White, 15.7% Black African and 0.6% Indian or Asian.
Population per ward (2016)
Ward 01: 10 146
Ward 02: 12 945
Ward 03: 10 512
Ward 04: 8 632
Ward 05: 8 056
Ward 06: 10 617
Ward 07: 14 568
Ward 08: 9 635
Ward 09: 12 288
Ward 10: 10 976
Ward 11: 14770
Ward 12: 10 617
TOTAL: 133 762
Population per area (2016)
Abbotsdale: 6 240
Chatsworth: 5 980
Darling: 12 370
Ilinge Lethu & Saamstaan: 22 210
Kalbaskraal: 3 470
Koringberg: 1 810
Malmesbury: 11 139
Moorreesburg: 18 643
Riebeek Kasteel: 8 465
Riebeek West & Ongegund: 7 830
Riverlands: 2 300
Yzerfontein: 2 170
Wesbank: 14 060
Other urban settlements: 604
Swartland Non-Urban: 16 471
TOTAL: 133 762
Age groups (2016)
2011
Children (0-14 years) : 25.03%
Working age (15-65 years) : 69.12%
Aged (65+) : 5.85%
2016
Children (0-14 years) : 25.32%
Working age (15-65 years) : 69.13%
Aged (65+) : 5.55%
Language most spoken in the households (2016)
2011
Afrikaans : 76.18%
IsiXhosa : 8.16%
English : 4.30%
Sesotho : 1.42%
IsiZulu : 0.13%
2016
Afrikaans : 78.13%
IsiXhosa : 12.34%
English : 5.14%
Sesotho : 1.20%
IsiZulu : 0.12%
In 78.1% of the households Afrikaans is the language most spoken. This is followed by IsiXhosa (12.3%) and English (5.1%). The proportion of households in which Afrikaans, IsiXhosa and English are the languages most spoken increased by 2.0%, 4.2% and 0.8% respectively between 2011 and 2016.
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