| Population Distribution and Dynamics |
| Population Group (Dominant) |
| Population | 2001 | % | | African | 557 896 | 90.84 | | Coloured | 1 683 | 0.27 | | Indian/Asian | 1 410 | 0.23 | | White | 53 150 | 8.65 |
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| Home Language (Dominant) |
| Language | 2001 | % | | Afrikaans | 52 379 | 8.53 | | English | 5 843 | 0.95 | | IsiNdebele | 29 724 | 4.84 | | IsiXhosa | 10 074 | 1.64 | | IsiZulu | 2 968 | 0.48 | | Sepedi | 357 100 | 58.15 | | Sesotho | 11 752 | 1.91 | | Setswana | 75 741 | 12.33 | | SiSwati | 1 785 | 0.29 | | Tshivenda | 4 446 | 0.72 | | Xitsonga | 57 511 | 9.36 |
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