Census 2001: Main Place: Soweto

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Soweto
Main Place 77426 from Census 2001

Area: 106.44 km²
Population: 858,644 (8,066.81 per km²)
Households: 237,567 (2,231.90 per km²)

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Gender

	People	Percentage
Female	437,268	50.93%
Male	421,376	49.07%

Population group

	People	Percentage
Black African	852,649	99.30%
Coloured	5,472	0.64%
White	325	0.04%
Indian or Asian	198	0.02%

First language

	People	Percentage
isiZulu	350,940	40.87%
Sesotho	157,263	18.32%
Setswana	106,419	12.39%
isiXhosa	88,474	10.30%
Xitsonga	62,157	7.24%
Sepedi	41,179	4.80%
Tshivenda	29,498	3.44%
SiSwati	8,696	1.01%
Afrikaans	5,639	0.66%
English	3,047	0.35%
isiNdebele	2,801	0.33%
Other	2,531	0.29%

Sub Places

Name	Population	Area (km²)
Bambayi	1,423	0.37
Chiawelo	35,831	2.89
Chiawelo Ext 3	13,697	1.26
Devland	11,193	0.93
Dlamini	30,218	2.99
Dobsonville	59,133	6.97
Dobsonville Gardens	3,787	1.22
Doornkop	8,740	1.25
Dube	22,626	2.80
Emdeni	34,434	2.66
Freedom Park	1,147	0.22
Goldev	7,763	1.14
Jabavu	41,982	3.24
Jabulani	20,540	3.81
Klipriviersoog	204	1.29
Klipspruit	13,432	1.61
Klipspruit Ext	7,842	2.24
Kliptown	13,812	1.28
Mapetla	23,371	2.04
Mmesi Park	2,109	0.70
Mofolo Central	16,301	1.90
Mofolo North	15,506	1.45
Mofolo South	6,645	0.63
Molapo	16,162	1.36
Moletsane	13,608	1.22
Moroka	19,566	2.43
Motsoaledi	6,704	2.24
Naledi	0	0.51
Naledi Ext 1	35,435	2.77
Naledi Ext 2	6,842	1.11
Orlando East	66,287	6.73
Orlando West	35,900	3.88
Phiri	16,471	0.92
Pimville	177	4.61
Pimville Zone 1	6,437	0.56
Pimville Zone 2	7,366	0.58
Pimville Zone 3	6,380	0.40
Pimville Zone 4	7,012	0.50
Pimville Zone 5	5,267	0.59
Pimville Zone 6	8,266	0.93
Pimville Zone 7	3,786	0.55
Power Park	571	0.93
Protea Gardens	1,214	0.16
Protea Glen	25,874	7.76
Protea Glen Ext	14,122	3.51
Protea North	14,811	2.23
Protea South	16,199	2.91
Senaone	14,694	1.04
Thulani	44,921	5.39
Tladi	14,264	1.34
Zola	44,710	3.10
Zondi	13,896	1.32