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Revision as of 20:39, 16 February 2024

This article is about the District Municipality. For the region, see West Rand.
West Rand
District municipality
Official seal of West Rand
Seal
Location in Gauteng
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°15′S 27°30′E / 26.250°S 27.500°E / -26.250; 27.500
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
SeatRandfontein
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorThabiso Bovungana (AIC)
Area
 • Total
4,087 km2 (1,578 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
820,995
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
[2]
 • Black African78.7%
 • Coloured2.5%
 • Indian/Asian1.1%
 • White17.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana27.3%
 • Afrikaans16.9%
 • Xhosa14.9%
 • Sotho10.8%
 • Other30.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC48

The West Rand District Municipality (Template:Lang-tn; Template:Lang-af; Template:Lang-xh; Template:Lang-st)[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.

Geography

Neighbours

West Rand is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Name Code Seat Area
(km²)[5] 		Population
(2016)[6] 		Pop. density
(per km²)
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

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
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

Gender Population %
Male 400 157 53.77%
Female 344 011 46.23%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 587 665 78.84%
White 132 849 17.85%
Coloured 17 531 2.36%
Indian/Asian 7 123 0.96%

Age

Age Population %
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%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
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%

References

  1. ^ a b "West Rand District Municipality | Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)". www.gcis.gov.za. Government Communication and Information System. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "West Rand District Municipality". www.localgovernment.co.za. Yes Media. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ "West Rand District Municipality Contact". www.wrdm.gov.za. West Rand District Municipality. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ^ "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
  6. ^ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016.
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