Volume II - The Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development ...

Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
Office of the Premier &
Department of Rural Development & Land Reform
76
December 2011
As stated in Section B, the Northern Cape has five administrative districts comprising Pixley ka
Seme (De Aar as its district capital), Frances Baard (Kimberley as its district capital), Siyanda
(Upington as its district capital), Namaqua (Springbok as its capital), and John Taolo Gaetsewe
(Kuruman as its district capital). Most of the population in the Northern Cape is distributed in and
around these above‐mentioned settlements. According to the SA Census, 2005, the population
composition for the Northern Cape is as follows (refer to Table E.1 below).
Table E.1: Population composition of the Northern Cape Province (Source: SA Census, 2005).
POPULATION GROUP
BLACK COLOURED WHITE INDIAN/ASIAN TOTAL POPULATION
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
222 724 238 581 205 798 219 919 50 070 52 449 1 201 1 177 479 793 512 126
461 305
425 717
102 519
2 378
991 919
(46.50%)
(42.91%)
(10.33%)
(0.23%)
According to table above the total population for Northern Cape in 2005 is estimated to be 991
919 people with the major ethnic group being the black population, representing 46% of the entire
population. The sex structure is almost equal with 51.25% (512 126) of the total population being
female. The male population constitutes the remaining 48.37% (479 793).
No provision is made in the LED Strategy and the PGDS for the different population groups found
in the province. The only data available is the SA Census 2001/2005 and Community Survey of
2007. The population is generally comprised of four ethnic groups, namely: Africans (Blacks),
Coloureds, Whites and Indians (Asians). According to the SA Census 2005, the population groups
for the Northern Cape per district municipality is as follows (refer to Table E.2 below):
Table E.2: Population groups in the Northern Cape per district municipality (Source: SA Census,
2005).
DISTRICT POPULATION GROUP
AFRICAN COLOURED INDIAN WHITE TOTAL % OF THE
PROVINCE
John Taolo Gaetsewe 167 693 13 872 109 9 864 191 538 19.3%
% 87.55% 7.24% 0.05% 5.14%
Namaqua 4 527 90 712 124 12 746 108 110 10.89
% 4.18% 83.90% 0.11% 11.78%
Pixley ka Seme 44 322 102 715 165 17 405 164 607 16.59
% 26.92% 62.40% 0.10% 10.57%
Siyanda 47 818 130 123 194 24 025 202 161 20.38
% 23.65% 64.36% 0.09% 11.8%
Frances Baard 196 945 88 295 1 786 38 472 325 501 32.81
% 60.50% 27.12% 0.54% 11.81%
Total 461 305 425 717 2 378 102 519 991 919 100
Frances Baard is the district with the largest population (32.81%) in the Northern Cape while the
Namaqua District has the smallest population in the province. This may be attributed to the fact
that Frances Baard district is the provincial headquarters of the Northern Cape.
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