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Which municipalities lost people between Census 2011 and Census 2022?

29 of South Africa's 213 municipalities counted fewer people in Census 2022 than in Census 2011; Khâi-Ma (Northern Cape) fell the most, by 31.6%, according to Stats SA's Provinces at a glance.

The 10 largest falls in population, Census 2011 to 2022
  1. Khâi-MaNorthern Cape. 12 446 to 8 510-31.6%
  2. GamagaraNorthern Cape. 41 617 to 29 580-28.9%
  3. ThabazimbiLimpopo. 85 234 to 65 047-23.7%
  4. DipalesengMpumalanga. 42 390 to 35 980-15.1%
  5. Intsika YethuEastern Cape. 150 718 to 128 101-15.0%
  6. UbuntuNorthern Cape. 18 601 to 15 836-14.9%
  7. EngcoboEastern Cape. 155 513 to 132 799-14.6%
  8. TsantsabaneNorthern Cape. 35 093 to 30 969-11.8%
  9. WitzenbergWestern Cape. 115 946 to 103 765-10.5%
  10. Kou-KammaEastern Cape. 40 663 to 36 487-10.3%

Source: Stats SA, Census 2022 Provinces at a glance (Report no. 03-01-43), Person indicators per municipality, pages 6 to 44. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.

How this was worked out

The percentage change between the two census counts for each municipality, worked out by SA Data Hub. The publication does not say why any population fell, so this page does not either.

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