1960 South African census

South African census of 1960 April 2022 1960 National Census 1951 1960 9 6 y 1970 South African National Census of 1970 250px Union of South Africa Official Year Book: Republic of South Africa 1966 Republic of South Africa 1966 Pretoria 26.2% Transvaal Orange Free State The National Census of 1960 was the 5thCensus in South Africa South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/census-south-africa 2022-07-04 www.sahistory.org.za 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.South Africa - Population Census 1960 https://catalog.ihsn.org/catalog/639 2022-07-04 catalog.ihsn.org Pre-enumeration March 2022 Enumeration March 2022 Post-enumeration survey March 2022 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 Pop. Group ProvinceCape of Good HopeNatalTransvaal Orange Free State Total PercentBlack 3,011,080 2,199,920 4,633,378 1,083,886 10,928,264 75 68.3White 1,003,207 340,235 1,468,305 276,745 3,088,492 75 19.3Coloured 1,330,089 45,253 108,007 25,909 1,509,258 75 9.4Indian 18,477 394,854 63,787 7 477,125 75 3.0Total 5,362,853 2,980,262 6,273,477 1,386,547 16,003,139 75 100.0% of S. Africa 75 33.5 75 18.6 75 39.2 75 8.7 75 100 +Population change in South Africa by province Official Year Book of the Republic of South Africa 1966 Republic of South Africa 1966 Pretoria Province1951 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.Census in South Africa South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/census-south-africa 2022-07-04 www.sahistory.org.za +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 Africa Mathematics South African National Census of 2001 Demographics of South Africa References Category:Censuses in South Africa Category:1960 in South Africa Category:1960 censuses