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Search and filter all 213 South African municipalities. Population and household data from Census 2022, sourced from Statistics South Africa Municipal Fact Sheets.

Total Municipalities

213

All categories

Total Population

62.03M

Census 2022

Total Households

17.83M

Census 2022

Metropolitan Areas

8

Category A

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!Kheis

Northern Cape

Code

NC084

Local

Population (2022)

21 954

Households (2022)

4 967

Abaqulusi

KwaZulu-Natal

Code

KZN263

Local

Population (2022)

247 263

Households (2022)

50 633

Alfred Duma

KwaZulu-Natal

Code

KZN238

Local

Population (2022)

415 036

Households (2022)

94 685

Amahlathi

Eastern Cape

Code

EC124

Local

Population (2022)

115 703

Households (2022)

33 621

Ba-Phalaborwa

Limpopo

Code

LIM334

Local

Population (2022)

188 603

Households (2022)

51 651

Beaufort West

Western Cape

Code

WC053

Local

Population (2022)

72 972

Households (2022)

19 216

Bela-Bela

Limpopo

Code

LIM366

Local

Population (2022)

64 306

Households (2022)

22 449

Bergrivier

Western Cape

Code

WC013

Local

Population (2022)

70 276

Households (2022)

20 412

Big Five Hlabisa

KwaZulu-Natal

Code

KZN276

Local

Population (2022)

131 755

Households (2022)

23 136

Bitou

Western Cape

Code

WC047

Local

Population (2022)

65 240

Households (2022)

21 848

Blouberg

Limpopo

Code

LIM351

Local

Population (2022)

192 109

Households (2022)

57 575

Blue Crane Route

Eastern Cape

Code

EC102

Local

Population (2022)

49 883

Households (2022)

16 117

Breede Valley

Western Cape

Code

WC025

Local

Population (2022)

212 682

Households (2022)

54 284

Buffalo City

Eastern Cape

Code

BUF

Metro

Population (2022)

975 255

Households (2022)

268 438

Bushbuckridge

Mpumalanga

Code

MP325

Local

Population (2022)

750 821

Households (2022)

167 927

Cape Agulhas

Western Cape

Code

WC033

Local

Population (2022)

40 274

Households (2022)

16 220

Cederberg

Western Cape

Code

WC012

Local

Population (2022)

55 108

Households (2022)

15 912

Chief Albert Luthuli

Mpumalanga

Code

MP301

Local

Population (2022)

247 664

Households (2022)

63 303

City of Cape Town

Western Cape

Code

CPT

Metro

Population (2022)

4.77M

Households (2022)

1.45M

City of Johannesburg

Gauteng

Code

JHB

Metro

Population (2022)

4.80M

Households (2022)

1.84M

City of Matlosana

North West

Code

NW403

Local

Population (2022)

431 231

Households (2022)

128 359

City of Mbombela

Mpumalanga

Code

MP326

Local

Population (2022)

818 925

Households (2022)

215 004

City of Tshwane

Gauteng

Code

TSH

Metro

Population (2022)

4.04M

Households (2022)

1.32M

Collins Chabane

Limpopo

Code

LIM345

Local

Population (2022)

443 798

Households (2022)

108 160

Dannhauser

KwaZulu-Natal

Code

KZN254

Local

Population (2022)

142 750

Households (2022)

25 479

Dawid Kruiper

Northern Cape

Code

NC087

Local

Population (2022)

125 744

Households (2022)

30 434

Dihlabeng

Free State

Code

FS192

Local

Population (2022)

130 434

Households (2022)

41 468

Dikgatlong

Northern Cape

Code

NC092

Local

Population (2022)

56 967

Households (2022)

14 406

Dipaleseng

Mpumalanga

Code

MP306

Local

Population (2022)

35 980

Households (2022)

13 129

Ditsobotla

North West

Code

NW384

Local

Population (2022)

164 176

Households (2022)

42 416
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All data from Stats SA Census 2022 Municipal Fact Sheets (revised August 2025). Population and household figures are boundary-aligned to 2021 local government election boundaries. Category A = metropolitan municipalities, B = local municipalities, C = district municipalities.