2.4 Urban and non-urban population by province (percentages)

 

Eastern
Cape

Free
State

Gauteng

Kwazulu
Natal

Mpuma-
langa

Northern
Cape

Northern
Province

North
West

Western
Cape

South
Africa

Urban

36.6

68.6

97.0

43.1

39.1

70.1

11.0

34.9

88.9

53.7

Non-urban

63.4

31.4

3.0

56.9

60.9

29.9

89.0

65.1

11.1

46.3

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Number of people in each province by urban or non-urban place of enumeration – October 1996
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• Gauteng and Western Cape are largely urban (as shown by the upper portion of the respective bars), while Northern Province, North West and Eastern Cape are largely non-urban. The figures above each bar show the totals of each province, in millions.