West Rand District Municipality

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West Rand
West Rand CoA.png
Map of Gauteng with West Rand highlighted.svg
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°15′S27°30′E / 26.250°S 27.500°E / -26.250; 27.500
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Seat Randfontein
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorThabiso Bovungana (AIC)
Area
  Total4,087 km2 (1,578 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total820,995
  Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 79.2%
   Coloured 2.5%
   Indian/Asian 1.1%
   White 16.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Tswana 27.3%
   Afrikaans 16.9%
   Xhosa 14.9%
   Sotho 10.8%
  Other30.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC48

The West Rand District Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Sedika wa West Rand; Afrikaans : Wesrand-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase West Rand; Sotho : Masepala wa Setereke wa West Rand) [1] is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort. The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. [3] [4] As of 2011, the most spoken language among its population of 820,995 is Tswana. The district code is CBDC8.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

West Rand is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

NameCodeSeatArea
(km²) [5]
Population
(2016) [6]
Pop. density
(per km²)
Merafong City GT484 Carletonville 1,631188,843115.8
Mogale City GT481 Krugersdorp 1,342383,864286.0
Rand West City GT485 Randfontein 1,115265,887238.5

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Tswana 215 50724.96%
Afrikaans 126 33816.98%
Xhosa 123 50116.60%
Sotho 86 23611.59%
Zulu 63 5418.54%
Tsonga 38 4105.16%
English 35 8114.81%
Northern Sotho 22 6183.04%
Other 10 5871.42%
Swati 9 9181.33%
Venda 8 9271.20%
Ndebele 2 7590.37%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Male400 15753.77%
Female344 01146.23%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African587 66578.84%
White132 84917.85%
Coloured17 5312.36%
Indian/Asian7 1230.96%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00463 0628.47%
005 - 00955 9837.52%
010 - 01455 7467.49%
015 - 01958 7217.89%
020 - 02472 8689.79%
025 - 02982 60111.10%
030 - 03477 61610.43%
035 - 03976 42510.27%
040 - 04465 4128.79%
045 - 04946 4796.25%
050 - 05431 1534.19%
055 - 05919 8262.66%
060 - 06414 4591.94%
065 - 0699 0581.22%
070 - 0746 5260.88%
075 - 0794 1770.56%
080 - 0842 5610.34%
085 - 0898970.12%
090 - 0943950.05%
095 - 0991300.02%
100 plus730.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for the West Rand District Municipality in the 2021 South African municipal elections.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 79 55943.82%
Democratic Alliance 48 33726.62%
Economic Freedom Fighters 28 50815.70%
Freedom Front Plus 11 7496.47%
African Independent Congress 2 7791.53%
Patriotic Alliance 1 9781.09%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 6930.93%
African Transformation Movement 1 1780.65%
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1 1340.62%
United Democratic Movement 1 0170.56%
Congress Of The People 9500.52%
Randfontein Peoples Party 8540.47%
Forum 4 Service Delivery 6530.36%
National Freedom Party 4150.23%
Activists Movement of South Africa 3390.19%
Justice And Employment Party 3180.18%
African Covenant 1140.06%
Total181 575100.00%

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