iLembe District Municipality

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

ILembe District Municipality
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South Africa Districts showing iLembe.png

Municipal code DC29
Area 3264 km²
Seat KwaDukuza
Neighbours Umzinyathi to the north
the Indian Ocean to the east
eThekwini to the south (Durban)
Umgungundlovu to the west
uThungulu to the northwest
Population 560 409
Households 130 005
Languages Zulu 86.44%
English 8.62%
Xhosa 3.57%
Afrikaans 0.64%
Website http://www.ilembe.gov.za/


iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza [1]. The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu (2001 census). The district code is DC29.

Contents

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

iLembe is surrounded by:

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
KwaDukuza 158 586 28.30%
Ndwedwe 152 490 27.21%
Mandeni 128 670 22.96%
Maphumulo 120 640 21.53%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Zulu 484 402 86.44%
English 48 297 8.62%
Xhosa 20 004 3.57%
Afrikaans 3 578 0.64%
Ndebele 1 184 0.21%
Other 707 0.13%
Northern Sotho 693 0.12%
Swati 427 0.08%
Tsonga 408 0.07%
Sotho 379 0.07%
Tswana 251 0.04%
Venda 56 0.01%

[edit] Gender

Gender Population %
Female 299 572 53.46%
Male 260 837 46.54%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 509 951 91.00%
Indian/Asian 37 462 6.68%
White 10 406 1.86%
Coloured 2 590 0.46%

[edit] Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 63 172 11.27%
005 - 009 70 472 12.58%
010 - 014 71 672 12.79%
015 - 019 68 769 12.27%
020 - 024 51 863 9.25%
025 - 029 44 409 7.92%
030 - 034 34 767 6.20%
035 - 039 32 311 5.77%
040 - 044 26 364 4.70%
045 - 049 21 287 3.80%
050 - 054 19 708 3.52%
055 - 059 14 517 2.59%
060 - 064 13 614 2.43%
065 - 069 9 802 1.75%
070 - 074 8 611 1.54%
075 - 079 4 533 0.81%
080 - 084 2 909 0.52%
085 - 089 876 0.16%
090 - 094 420 0.07%
095 - 099 248 0.04%
100 plus 85 0.02%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

Election results for iLembe in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 312 758 [55.81% of total population]
  • Total votes: 166 460 [29.70% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 53.22% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress 78 343 47.06%
Inkhata Freedom Party 69 110 41.52%
Democratic Alliance 10 311 6.19%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 113 1.27%
United Democratic Movement 1 214 0.73%
Minority Front 727 0.44%
New National Party 570 0.34%
Azanian People's Organisation 567 0.34%
UF 542 0.33%
Independent Democrats 466 0.28%
Freedom Front Plus 401 0.24%
United Christian Democratic Party 331 0.20%
Pan African Congress 316 0.19%
SOPA 280 0.17%
CDP 247 0.15%
EMSA 228 0.14%
PJC 209 0.13%
KISS 150 0.09%
NA 133 0.08%
TOP 120 0.07%
NLP 82 0.05%
Total 166 460 100.00%

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 29°20′S 31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°E / -29.333; 31.283