ILembe District Municipality Totally Explained

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iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza (External Link

). The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC29

Geography

Neighbours

iLembe is surrounded by:

Umzinyathi to the north (DC24)
the Indian Ocean to the east
eThekwini to the south (Durban)
Umgungundlovu to the west (DC22)
uThungulu to the north-west(DC28)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

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

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%

Gender

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

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%

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%

Politics

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	66 460	00.00%

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