West Rand | |
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![]() Location in Gauteng | |
Coordinates: 26°15′S27°30′E / 26.250°S 27.500°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Seat | Randfontein |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Thabiso Bovungana (AIC) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,087 km2 (1,578 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 820,995 |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 79.2% |
• Coloured | 2.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
• White | 16.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 27.3% |
• Afrikaans | 16.9% |
• Xhosa | 14.9% |
• Sotho | 10.8% |
• Other | 30.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC48 |
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.
West Rand is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²) [5] | Population (2016) [6] | Pop. density (per km²) |
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Merafong City | GT484 | Carletonville | 1,631 | 188,843 | 115.8 |
Mogale City | GT481 | Krugersdorp | 1,342 | 383,864 | 286.0 |
Rand West City | GT485 | Randfontein | 1,115 | 265,887 | 238.5 |
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
Language | Population | % |
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Tswana | 215 507 | 24.96% |
Afrikaans | 126 338 | 16.98% |
Xhosa | 123 501 | 16.60% |
Sotho | 86 236 | 11.59% |
Zulu | 63 541 | 8.54% |
Tsonga | 38 410 | 5.16% |
English | 35 811 | 4.81% |
Northern Sotho | 22 618 | 3.04% |
Other | 10 587 | 1.42% |
Swati | 9 918 | 1.33% |
Venda | 8 927 | 1.20% |
Ndebele | 2 759 | 0.37% |
Gender | Population | % |
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Male | 400 157 | 53.77% |
Female | 344 011 | 46.23% |
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 587 665 | 78.84% |
White | 132 849 | 17.85% |
Coloured | 17 531 | 2.36% |
Indian/Asian | 7 123 | 0.96% |
Age | Population | % |
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000 - 004 | 63 062 | 8.47% |
005 - 009 | 55 983 | 7.52% |
010 - 014 | 55 746 | 7.49% |
015 - 019 | 58 721 | 7.89% |
020 - 024 | 72 868 | 9.79% |
025 - 029 | 82 601 | 11.10% |
030 - 034 | 77 616 | 10.43% |
035 - 039 | 76 425 | 10.27% |
040 - 044 | 65 412 | 8.79% |
045 - 049 | 46 479 | 6.25% |
050 - 054 | 31 153 | 4.19% |
055 - 059 | 19 826 | 2.66% |
060 - 064 | 14 459 | 1.94% |
065 - 069 | 9 058 | 1.22% |
070 - 074 | 6 526 | 0.88% |
075 - 079 | 4 177 | 0.56% |
080 - 084 | 2 561 | 0.34% |
085 - 089 | 897 | 0.12% |
090 - 094 | 395 | 0.05% |
095 - 099 | 130 | 0.02% |
100 plus | 73 | 0.01% |
![]() | This section needs to be updated.(October 2017) |
Election results for the West Rand District Municipality in the 2021 South African municipal elections.
Party | Votes | % |
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African National Congress | 79 559 | 43.82% |
Democratic Alliance | 48 337 | 26.62% |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 28 508 | 15.70% |
Freedom Front Plus | 11 749 | 6.47% |
African Independent Congress | 2 779 | 1.53% |
Patriotic Alliance | 1 978 | 1.09% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 1 693 | 0.93% |
African Transformation Movement | 1 178 | 0.65% |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 1 134 | 0.62% |
United Democratic Movement | 1 017 | 0.56% |
Congress Of The People | 950 | 0.52% |
Randfontein Peoples Party | 854 | 0.47% |
Forum 4 Service Delivery | 653 | 0.36% |
National Freedom Party | 415 | 0.23% |
Activists Movement of South Africa | 339 | 0.19% |
Justice And Employment Party | 318 | 0.18% |
African Covenant | 114 | 0.06% |
Total | 181 575 | 100.00% |
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