NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES PER PROVINCE / REGION

PROVINCES WITHOUT METROPOLITAN AREAS

LC Local Council
DC District Council
RLC Rural Local Council
RC Rural Council

EASTERN CAPE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 183

URBAN 94	RURAL 89
LCs 94	DC 6
	RCL 7
	RC 76

FREE STATE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 99

URBAN 80	RURAL 19
LCs 80	DC 4
	RCL 15
	RC 0

NORTHERN CAPE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 112

URBAN 64	RURAL 48
LCs 64	DC 6
	RCL 0
	RC 42

MPUMALANGA
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 83

URBAN 55	RURAL 28
LCs 55	DC 6
	RCL 0
	RC 18

NORTHWEST
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 53

URBAN 30	RURAL 23
LCs 30	DC 5
	RCL 0
	RC 18

NORTHERN PROVINCE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 50

URBAN 12	RURAL 38
LCs 12	DC 2
	RCL 36
	RC 0

PROVINCES WITH METROPOLITAN AREAS
MC Metropolitan Council
SC Services Council
MSs Metropolitan Substructure
LAC Local Authority Council

GAUTENG
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 51

METRO 16	URBAN 12	RURAL 38
MC 4	LCs 14	SC 2
MSs 12		LAC 9
		RC 10

KWAZULU-NATAL
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 120

METRO 7	URBAN 61	RURAL 52
MC 1	LCs 61	RC 10
MSs 12

WESTERN CAPE
TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCILS: 136

METRO 7	URBAN 61	RURAL 52
MC 1	LCs 95	RC 7
MSs 6		RC 27

POPULATION DENSITY BY REGION / PROVINCE SHOWING URBAN RURAL SPLIT

REGION	Population Total	AREA	DENSITY
Eastern Cape	5,865	170	35
Free State	2,470	130	19
Gauteng	7,171	17,03	421 (Most dense)
KwaZulu-Natal	7,672	94,86	81
Mpumalanga	2,646	79,53	33
Northern Cape	746	363,2	2 (Least dense)
Northern Province	4,128	123,1	34
Northwest	3,043	116,5	26
Western Cape	4,118	129,6	32
Total	37,859	1223,82	31 (Average density)

Population in thousands of people
Area in thousands of square kilometre
Density is represented as number of people per square kilometre
Figures based on pre-release Census 1996 data

NUMBER OF TMCs/RSCs/DCs BY REGION

REGION	METRO	RSC/DC	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	0	6	6
Free State	0	4	4
Gauteng	4	2	6
KwaZulu-Natal	1	7	8
Mpumalanga	0	3	3
Northern Cape	0	6	6
Northern Province	0	6	6 (only 2 now)
Northwest	0	5	5
Western Cape	1	7	8
Total	6	46	52

NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES PER REGION

REGION	MetroSS	TLCs	TRCs	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	0	94	83	177
Free State	0	85	17	102
Gauteng	12	15	11	38
KwaZulu-Natal	6	61	52	119
Mpumalanga	0	36	40	76
Northern Cape	0	26	42	68
Northern Province	0	12	36	48
Northwest	0	31	19	50
Western Cape	6	80	27	113
Total	24	440	327	791

NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS PER COUNCILLOR (Local Government election 1996)

REGION	RegVot (K)	CounSeats	Pop/Councillor	RANK
Eastern Cape	2 747	1935	1 419,64	5
Free State	1 152	1308	880,73	2 (Low)
Gauteng	3 713	1043	3 559,92	9 (High)
KwaZulu-Natal	4 029	2159	1 866,14	7
Mpumalanga	1 117	1102	1 013,61	3
Northern Cape	344	811	424,17	1 (Low)
Northern Province	1 747	559	3 125,22	8 (High)
Northwest	1 420	755	1 880,79	6
Western Cape	1 975	1 446	1 365,84	4
Total	18 244	11 118	1 640,94

NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER COUNCILLOR (CENSUS 1996)

REGION	RegVot (K)	CounSeats	Pop/Councillor	RANK
Eastern Cape	5 865	1935	1 419,64	5
Free State	2 470	1308	880,73	2 (Low)
Gauteng	7 171	1043	3 559,92	8 (High)
KwaZulu-Natal	7 672	2159	1 866,14	6
Mpumalanga	2 646	1102	1 013,61	3
Northern Cape	76	811	424,17	1 (Low)
Northern Province	4 128	559	3 125,22	9 (High)
Northwest	3 043	755	1 880,79	7
Western Cape	4 118	1 446	1 365,84	4
Total	37 859	11 118	3 405,20

 

PERCENTAGE POPULATION REGISTERED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION 1996

REGION	RegVot	PopTot (K)	%PopReg
Eastern Cape	2 747	5 865	46,8
Free State	1 152	2 470	46,6
Gauteng	3 713	7 171	51,8
KwaZulu-Natal	4 029	7 672	52,5 (High)
Mpumalanga	1 117	2 646	42,2
Northern Cape	344	746	46,1
Northern Province	1 747	4 128	42,3 (Low)
Northwest	1 420	3 043	46,7
Western Cape	1 975	4 118	48,0
Total	18 244	37 859	48,2

 

Figures based on ETG, DWAF, DLA and CSIR data
Tables produced by FCR-GIS

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