1936 South African census

1936 national census in South Africa April 2022 1936 National Census 1921 South African National Census of 1946 250px Union of South Africa 1936 5 5 y1943 The 1936 Census of the Union of South Africa https://www.jstor.org/stable/2730411 2022-03-29 Population Index 9 3 153–155 10.2307/2730411 2730411 subscription 1946 Malherbe E.G. Official Year Book of the Union of South Africa and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland Union of South Africa 1939 20 Pretoria 1044 38.4% Cape of Good Hope Orange Free State The National Census of 1936 was the 3rd comprehensive national census of the Union of South Africa, following its formation in 1910. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night. It was the first South African census to tabulate non-European languages and languages spoken at home by all major demographic groups. Pre-enumeration March 2022 Enumeration March 2022 Post-enumeration Survey March 2022 Results Demographics +Population change in the South Africa by provinceMalherbe E.G. Official Year Book of the Union of South Africa and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland Union of South Africa 1939 20 Pretoria 1034Province1921 Census1936 CensusDifferencePercentage differenceCape of Good Hope2,782,7193,529,900747,18126.85%Natal1,429,3981,946,468517,07036.17%Transvaal2,087,6363,341,4701,253,83460.06%Orange Free State628,827772,060143,23322.78%Total6,928,5809,589,8982,661,31838.41% +Population change in the South Africa by raceRace (Census term)1921 Census1936 CensusPercentage differenceAverage annual growth rate: 1921 to 1936NumberPercentage of populationNumberPercentage of populationNumberPercentageBlack African (Native)4,697,8134,697,813 6,928,580 26,596,6896,596,689 9,589,898 21,898,87640.42%2.29%Coloured545,548545,548 6,928,580 2769,661769,661 9,589,898 2224,11341.08%2.32%Asian or Indian (Asiatic)165,731165,731 6,928,580 2219,691219,691 9,589,898 253,96032.56%1.90%White (European)1,519,4881,519,488 6,928,580 22,003,8572,003,857 9,589,898 2484,36931.88%1.86%Total6,928,580100%9,589,898100%2,661,31838.41%2.19% City rankings +Largest urban areas: total populationCity/TownProvincePopulationJohannesburgTransvaal519,384Cape TownCape of Good Hope344,223DurbanNatal259,606PretoriaTransvaal128,621Port ElizabethCape of Good Hope109,841SpringsTransvaal86,874GermistonTransvaal79,440BenoniTransvaal77,760BloemfonteinOrange Free State64,233East LondonCape of Good Hope60,563BrakpanTransvaal54,811KrugersdorpTransvaal54,810BoksburgTransvaal50,126PietermaritzburgNatal49,539RoodepoortTransvaal41,572KimberleyCape of Good Hope40,231RandfonteinTransvaal28,763NigelTransvaal21,732UitenhageCape of Good Hope20,584GrahamstownCape of Good Hope19,773PotchefstroomTransvaal19,099VereenigingTransvaal18,867PaarlCape of Good Hope18,579QueenstownCape of Good Hope18,255KroonstadOrange Free State13,378OudtshoornCape of Good Hope13,229WorcesterCape of Good Hope12,486Graaf-ReinetCape of Good Hope11,984King Williams TownCape of Good Hope10,669BethlehemOrange Free State10,379LadysmithNatal9,702CradockCape of Good Hope9,260HarrismithOrange Free State9,213PietersburgTransvaal9,135GeorgeCape of Good Hope9,075KlerksdorpTransvaal8,943StellenboschCape of Good Hope8,782 See also South Africa Mathematics Census in South Africa South African National Census of 2001 Demographics of South Africa References Category:Censuses in South Africa Category:1936 in South Africa Category:1936 censuses