The National Census of 1960 was the 5th comprehensive national census of the Union of South Africa. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night of 6 September 1960.

Pre-enumeration

Enumeration

Post-enumeration survey

Results

Demographics Population by Race and Province, 1960

Sources: Statesman's Year-Book 1967–1968;The Statesman's Year-Book, 1967–1968 (104th annual edition), edited by S.H. Steinberg, Macmillan, London; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1967, pages 1405–1424 Europa Year Book 1969The Europa Year Book 1969, Volume II: Africa, The Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europa Publications, London, 1969, page 1286 Cape of Good HopeNatalTransvaal Orange Free State Total PercentBlack 3,011,080 2,199,920 4,633,378 1,083,886 10,928,264 White 1,003,207 340,235 1,468,305 276,745 3,088,492 Coloured 1,330,089 45,253 108,007 25,909 1,509,258 Indian 18,477 394,854 63,787 7 477,125 Total 5,362,853 2,980,262 6,273,477 1,386,547 16,003,139 % of S. Africa +Population change in South Africa by provinceProvince1951 Census1960 CensusDifferencePercentage differenceCape of Good Hope4,227,0005,360,0001,133,00026.80%Natal2,415,0002,977,000562,00023.27%Transvaal4,813,0006,271,0001,458,00030.29%Orange Free State1,017,0001,366,000349,00034.32%Total12,671,00015,994,0003,323,00026.23%

+Population change in South Africa by raceRace (census term)1951 Census1960 CensusDifferencePercentage differenceBlack African (Bantu)8,560,00010,928,0002,368,00027.66%Coloured1,103,0001,509,000406,00036.81%Asian or Indian (Asiatic)367,000477,000110,00029.97%White 2,642,0003,080,000438,00016.58%Total12,671,00015,994,0003,323,00026.23%

City rankings Statistics collected during the Apartheid era are regarded as unreliable with regard to measuring African populations. This is because the Native Areas Amendment Bill and the Group Areas Act tended to skew official statistics and underestimate the number of people living in urban areas. +Largest urban areas: total populationCity/TownProvincePopulationJohannesburgTransvaal1,152,525Cape TownCape of Good Hope807,211DurbanNatal681,492PretoriaTransvaal422,590Port ElizabethCape of Good Hope290,693GermistonTransvaal214,393BloemfonteinOrange Free State145,273SpringsTransvaal141,943BenoniTransvaal140,790PietermaritzburgNatal128,598East LondonCape of Good Hope116,056WelkomOrange Free State97,614RoodepoortTransvaal95,211KrugersdorpTransvaal89,947KimberleyCape of Good Hope79,031VereenigingTransvaal78,835BrakpanTransvaal77,777BoksburgTransvaal71,029CarletonvilleTransvaal56,246UitenhageCape of Good Hope48,755KlerksdorpTransvaal43,726KroonstadOrange Free State42,438PotchefstroomTransvaal41,927PaarlCape of Good Hope41,540RandfonteinTransvaal41,499VanderbijlparkTransvaal41,415VirginiaOrange Free State40,359NigelTransvaal34,008QueenstownCape of Good Hope33,182GrahamstownCape of Good Hope32,611WorcesterCape of Good Hope32,274PietersburgTransvaal28,071WestonariaTransvaal26,640WitbankTransvaal25,881BethlehemOrange Free State24,125LadysmithNatal22,955OrkneyCape of Good Hope22,425StellenboschCape of Good Hope22,955OudtshoornCape of Good Hope22,229OdendaalsrusOrange Free State21,268RustenburgCape of Good Hope21,016UpingtonCape of Good Hope20,366

See also

South African National Census of 2001 Demographics of South Africa

References