Wolwekraal

Coordinates: 25°09′11″S 28°57′40″E / 25.153°S 28.961°E / -25.153; 28.961
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Wolwekraal
Wolwekraal is located in Mpumalanga
Wolwekraal
Wolwekraal
Wolwekraal is located in South Africa
Wolwekraal
Wolwekraal
Coordinates: 25°09′11″S 28°57′40″E / 25.153°S 28.961°E / -25.153; 28.961
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
MunicipalityDr JS Moroka
Area
 • Total4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total7,426
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.3%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • S. Ndebele72.6%
 • Northern Sotho15.7%
 • Sotho3.5%
 • Zulu2.5%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Wolwekraal (also known as Borolo) is a settlement in Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, 14 km south-west of Mdutjana.

Demographics[edit]

Some 30% of the people speak siSwati, the language of neighbouring Eswatini, with 26% speaking isiZulu, 10.3% isiNdebele, 10.2% Northern Sotho and 11.6% Xitsonga.

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
IsiNdebele 319 920 31.35%
IsiZulu 232 228 22.75%
Sepedi 161 338 15.81%
Afrikaans 75 294 7.38%
SiSwati 56 496 5.54%
Setswana 56 144 5.50%
Sesotho 42 474 4.16%
Xitsonga 31 624 3.10%
IsiXhosa 21 199 2.08%
English 17 705 1.73%
Other 3 514 0.34%
Tshivenda 2 654 0.26%

Gender[edit]

Gender Population %
Female 529 354 51.87%
Male 491 238 48.13%

Ethnic group[edit]

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 930 873 91.21%
White 78 292 7.67%
Coloured 8 741 0.86%
Indian/Asian 2 686 0.26%

Age[edit]

Age Population %
0–4 108 087 10.59%
4–9 114 037 11.17%
10–14 118 590 11.62%
15–19 118 041 11.57%
20–24 98 429 9.64%
25–29 88 106 8.63%
30–34 74 084 7.26%
35–39 69 442 6.80%
40–44 58 251 5.71%
45–49 47 903 4.69%
50–54 35 359 3.46%
55–59 25 013 2.45%
60–64 20 550 2.01%
65–69 14 314 1.40%
70–74 12 782 1.25%
75–79 7 302 0.72%
80–84 6 344 0.62%
85–89 2 273 0.22%
90–94 1 080 0.11%
95–99 420 0.04%
100 and over 185 0.02%

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Wolwekraal". Census 2011.