West Rand District Municipality

West Rand District Municipality
—  District municipality  —
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°10′S 27°42′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Seat	Randfontein
Local municipalities	List Mogale City Randfontein Westonaria Merafong City
Government
• Mayor
Time zone	South African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Municipal code	DC48
Website	http://www.wrdm.gov.za/

The West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort. The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. The most spoken language of its 744 168 people is Setswana (2001 Census). The district code is CBDC8.

Geography

Neighbours

West Rand is surrounded by:

• Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the north
• Tshwane (Pretoria) to the north-east
• Johannesburg to the east
• Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-east
• Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Mogale City	289 714	38.93%
Merafong City	210 484	28.28%
Randfontein	128 848	17.31%
Westonaria	109 324	14.69%
District Management Area	5 783	0.78%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Tswana	215 507	28.96%
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

Gender	Population	%
Male	400 157	53.77%
Female	344 011	46.23%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	587 665	78.84%
White	132 849	17.85%
Coloured	17 531	2.36%
Indian/Asian	7 123	0.96%

Age

Age	Population	%
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%

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 535 436 [71.95% of total population]
• Total votes: 267 225 [35.91% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 49.91% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	196 513	73.54%
Democratic Alliance	41 008	15.35%
Inkhata Freedom Party	6 748	2.53%
Freedom Front Plus	4 235	1.58%
United Democratic Movement	4 093	1.53%
African Christian Democratic Party	3 301	1.24%
Independent Democrats	3 076	1.15%
Pan African Congress	2 481	0.93%
New National Party	1 645	0.62%
United Christian Democratic Party	1 244	0.47%
Azanian People's Organisation	1 215	0.45%
UF	350	0.13%
CDP	338	0.13%
SOPA	258	0.10%
NA	242	0.09%
PJC	182	0.07%
TOP	82	0.03%
EMSA	64	0.02%
KISS	61	0.02%
Minority Front	59	0.02%
NLP	30	0.01%
Total	267 225	100.00%

References

• West Rand DM Official Website
• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results