Census 2001: Main Place: Cape Town

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Cape Town
Main Place 17106 from Census 2001

Area: 496.70 km²
Population: 827,218 (1,665.44 per km²)
Households: 222,294 (447.55 per km²)

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Gender

	People	Percentage
Female	433,523	52.41%
Male	393,694	47.59%

Population group

	People	Percentage
Coloured	585,227	70.75%
White	167,085	20.20%
Black African	46,514	5.62%
Indian or Asian	28,391	3.43%

First language

	People	Percentage
English	429,273	51.89%
Afrikaans	361,638	43.72%
isiXhosa	22,503	2.72%
Other	6,659	0.80%
isiZulu	1,868	0.23%
Sesotho	1,601	0.19%
Setswana	1,267	0.15%
isiNdebele	822	0.10%
Sepedi	528	0.06%
Xitsonga	421	0.05%
Tshivenda	371	0.04%
SiSwati	267	0.03%

Sub Places

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Acacia Park	937	1.10
Airport Industria	39	1.98
Airport Informal	1,520	0.09
Athlone	12,660	2.04
Bantry Bay	1,050	0.35
Bel Ombre	108	1.13
Belgravia	8,738	1.65
Belhar	1,873	0.28
Belhar 1	1,487	0.21
Belhar 10	1,826	0.21
Belhar 11	975	0.05
Belhar 12	4,194	0.20
Belhar 13	2,672	0.19
Belhar 14	925	0.09
Belhar 15	648	0.08
Belhar 16	3,838	0.45
Belhar 17	2,176	0.98
Belhar 18	1,556	0.38
Belhar 19	2,920	0.26
Belhar 2	1,445	0.50
Belhar 20	1,921	0.22
Belhar 21	2,837	0.46
Belhar 23	3,732	0.75
Belhar 3	3,763	0.28
Belhar 4	2,430	0.55
Belhar 6	2,023	0.72
Belhar 7	2,210	0.34
Belhar 8	274	0.03
Belhar 9	828	0.04
Belthorn Estate	3,753	0.96
Bergvliet	3,902	2.45
Bishop Lavis	23,788	2.69
Bishopscourt	1,522	2.59
Bonteheuwel	50,676	4.00
Bridgetown	9,811	1.95
Camps Bay	3,831	2.71
Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve	39	78.31
Cape Town	0	0.06
Cape Town CBD	1,570	2.07
Cape Town Central	61	0.24
Cape Town International Airport	102	19.86
Cape Town SP	18	28.94
Cecilia State Forest	0	7.94
Charlesville	1,459	0.31
Claremont	14,531	4.99
Clifton	304	0.23
Coniston Park	2,200	0.44
Constantia	6,321	20.45
Crawford	5,319	1.07
Dennendal	247	0.45
Diep River	2,710	0.75
Dreyersdal	1,762	1.56
Durrheim	2,718	0.63
Elfindale	2,724	1.75
Epping	45	6.10
Erica	2,849	0.82
Factreton	11,849	1.21
Fairways	3,366	0.57
Foreshore	1,555	4.61
Fresnaye	1,937	0.61
Frogmore Estate	793	0.47
Gardens	5,889	2.35
Gatesville	2,969	0.92
Grassy Park	20,157	3.10
Green Point	3,164	1.91
Hanover Park	33,753	2.17
Hatton	27	0.25
Hazendal	4,318	0.71
Heathfield	5,609	1.08
Heideveld	12,779	1.82
Hohenort	142	1.25
Imhoff's Gift	132	0.32
Kalkbay	958	1.11
Kenilworth	10,304	3.49
Kensington	11,460	1.88
Kewtown	6,738	2.29
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens	33	1.93
Kirstenhof	1,756	0.79
Kommetjie	2,450	6.82
Lakeside	2,071	0.95
Lansdowne	17,399	4.24
Lavender Hill	19,818	1.33
Llandudno	536	1.18
Lotus River	25,614	3.73
Maitland	5,624	4.49
Maitland Garden Village	1,257	0.53
Manenberg	46,231	3.36
Marina Da Gama	3,763	1.70
Matroosfontein	4,329	0.72
Meadowridge	2,891	1.85
Montague's Gift	8,835	1.09
Montana	853	1.06
Mouille Point	1,056	0.30
Mountainview	2,076	0.54
Mowbray	4,367	2.80
Muizenberg	11,418	12.62
Ndabeni	30	1.93
Nerissa Estate	201	0.50
Newfields	3,967	0.65
Newlands	5,343	3.58
Nooitgedacht	4,550	0.38
Observatory	5,310	3.49
Ocean View	16,161	1.69
Oranjezich	355	0.23
Oranjezicht	2,776	0.90
Ottery	12,356	5.61
Parkwood	11,540	1.27
Pelikan Park	6,676	8.46
Penlyn Estate	2,430	0.43
Pinati	3,727	0.48
Pinelands	10,618	5.80
Plumstead	18,660	4.76
Pollsmoor	7,659	1.14
Primrose Park	1,737	0.81
Retreat	32,289	5.94
Rondebosch	15,158	6.87
Rondebosch East	3,946	1.04
Rosebank	3,075	0.69
Royal Cape	611	0.91
Ruyterwacht	6,679	2.33
Rylands	5,213	0.93
Salt River	4,370	0.89
Sand Industria	21	1.14
Schotsche Kloof	4,658	0.48
Sea Point	10,403	1.48
Seawinds	8,513	0.71
Sheraton Park	883	0.19
Signal Hill	340	5.58
Signal Hill/Lions Head	749	0.25
Silvermine	81	20.47
Silvertown	6,193	1.16
Southfield	4,951	1.74
St James	687	0.36
Steenberg	6,181	4.64
Surrey Estate	6,509	1.33
Sweet Valley	126	1.29
Sybrand Park	896	0.51
Table Mountain	42	40.10
Tamboerskloof	2,569	0.58
Thornton	4,568	2.12
Thornwood	183	0.02
Three Anchor Bay	2,091	0.29
Tokai	2,527	26.18
University of the Western Cape	322	0.43
Valhalla Park	11,752	0.83
Vanguard Estate	2,535	0.50
Vasco	1,342	0.17
Vredehoek	5,213	1.35
Welcome Estate	1,534	0.39
Westlake	6,834	2.33
Wetton	2,307	0.65
Wildevodl Vlei	6	0.38
Wingfield	156	3.58
Wittenboomen	228	0.97
Woodstock	11,543	4.78
Wynberg Central	12,821	3.75
Youngsfield	897	2.22
Zeekoeivlei	3,501	6.70
Zonnebloem	3,446	1.29

Cape TownMain Place 17106 from Census 2001

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Cape Town
Main Place 17106 from Census 2001