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Languages spoken in South Africa, by metro municipalities

CategoryDemographics
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DescriptionThe percentage of the population that speaks each of South Africa's 12 official languages most often in the household by metro politan municipality. Data is from Statistics South Africa's 2022 national censuses.
SourceCensus 2022. Cultural Dynamics in South Africa, StatsSA 2025
Data10 columns, 14 rows
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tshwanelanguagemangaungcape_townethekwiniekurhuleninon_metrosbuffalo_cityjohannesburgnelson_mandela_bay
100.0Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
2.2IsiXhosa7.437.43.18.516.382.47.059.5
6.9English1.730.628.68.98.710.113.713.3
12.1Afrikaans10.826.10.87.310.65.33.824.7
4.5Other0.73.81.13.32.11.34.01.6
5.0Sesotho64.00.80.610.27.80.311.90.2
9.0IsiZulu0.60.565.635.724.40.328.90.3
9.2Xitsonga0.10.20.06.74.70.17.40.1
5.0IsiNdebele0.10.20.11.71.70.13.60.1
17.8Setswana14.30.20.02.68.30.07.70.0