West Rand District Municipality[1] is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort (which is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein.[4][5] The most spoken language among its population of 820,995 is Tswana (2011 census). The district code is CBDC8.
West Rand | |
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District municipality | |
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![]() Location in Gauteng | |
Coordinates: 26°15′S 27°30′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Seat | Randfontein |
Local municipalities | List
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Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Boyce Maneli (ANC) |
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 |
West Rand is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²)[6] |
Population (2016)[7] |
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% |
Municipalities of Gauteng | |||||
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List of municipalities in Gauteng |
Municipalities and communities of West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng | ||
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District seat: Randfontein | ||
Mogale City |
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Merafong City |
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Rand West City |
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