North West
Province 6 from Census 2011

Area
104,881.67 km²
Population
3,509,953 (33.47 per km²)
Households
1,062,015 (10.13 per km²)

Gender

Male 51%49% Female
PeoplePercentage
Male1,779,90350.71%
Female1,730,04949.29%

Age

0–45–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485+
PeoplePercentage
0–4404,34711.52%
5–9332,3049.47%
10–14303,7138.65%
15–19316,5339.02%
20–24343,3929.78%
25–29327,6629.34%
30–34271,6827.74%
35–39236,7396.74%
40–44204,9255.84%
45–49187,1195.33%
50–54160,5674.57%
55–59128,5793.66%
60–6494,5382.69%
65–6971,6922.04%
70–7451,7101.47%
75–7934,2160.97%
80–8421,4820.61%
85+18,7520.53%

Population group

Black African 90%7% White
PeoplePercentage
Black African3,152,06389.80%
White255,3857.28%
Coloured71,4092.03%
Indian or Asian20,6520.59%
Other10,4440.30%

First language

Setswana 63%Afrikaans 9%6% Sesotho6% isiXhosa4% Xitsonga3% English
52,949 "Not applicable" records excluded.
PeoplePercentage
Setswana2,191,23063.39%
Afrikaans309,8678.96%
Sesotho201,1535.82%
isiXhosa190,6015.51%
Xitsonga127,1463.68%
English120,0413.47%
isiZulu84,8352.45%
Sepedi83,9992.43%
Other60,8721.76%
isiNdebele43,9881.27%
Tshivenda16,2550.47%
Sign language14,9240.43%
SiSwati12,0910.35%
Not applicable52,949

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Bojanala1,507,50518,333.39
Dr Kenneth Kaunda695,93314,642.24
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati463,81543,699.96
Ngaka Modiri Molema842,69928,206.08