Ugu District Municipality

This article is about a place in South Africa. For other uses, see Ugu (disambiguation).

Ugu
District municipality
Official seal of Ugu Seal
Location of Ugu District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal Location of Ugu District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Port Shepstone
Local municipalities	List Vulamehlo Umdoni Umzumbe uMuziwabantu Ezinqoleni Hibiscus Coast
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sithembiso Bhekizenzo Cele
Area
• Total	5,047 km2 (1,949 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	722,484
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	90.6%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	3.4%
• White	4.9%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	82.7%
• English	8.3%
• Xhosa	4.3%
• Afrikaans	2.1%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	DC21

Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district code is DC21.

Geography

Neighbours

Ugu is surrounded by:

• Umgungundlovu to the north (DC22)
• eThekwini to the north-east (Durban)
• the Indian Ocean to the east
• OR Tambo in Eastern Cape to the south-west (DC15)
• Sisonke to the west (DC43)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Hibiscus Coast	218 168	30.99%	Zulu
Umzumbe	193 764	27.52%	Zulu
uMuziwabantu	92 322	13.11%	Zulu
Vulamehlo	83 045	11.80%	Zulu
uMdoni	62 290	8.85%	Zulu
Ezinqoleni	54 427	7.73%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Languages

Language	Population	%
IsiZulu	588,483	82.69%
English	58,801	8.26%
IsiXhosa	30,440	4.28%
Afrikaans	14,616	2.05%
IsiNdebele	7,191	1.01%
Setswana	3,441	0.48%
Sign language	2,704	0.38%
Other	2,198	0.31%
Sepedi	1,558	0.22%
Sesotho	1,511	0.21%
Tshivenda	319	0.04%
SiSwati	229	0.03%
Xitsonga	214	0.03%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	383,323	53.06%
Male	339,161	46.94%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	654,773	90.63%
White	35,723	4.94%
Indian/Asian	24,711	3.42%
Coloured	6,123	0.85%
Other	1,154	0.16%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	76 009	10.80%
005 - 009	91 171	12.95%
010 - 014	94 511	13.42%
015 - 019	90 364	12.84%
020 - 024	60 699	8.62%
025 - 029	49 685	7.06%
030 - 034	39 537	5.62%
035 - 039	38 238	5.43%
040 - 044	32 451	4.61%
045 - 049	25 936	3.68%
050 - 054	24 122	3.43%
055 - 059	19 163	2.72%
060 - 064	18 861	2.68%
065 - 069	15 046	2.14%
070 - 074	13 976	1.99%
075 - 079	6 998	0.99%
080 - 084	4 522	0.64%
085 - 089	1 631	0.23%
090 - 094	688	0.10%
095 - 099	291	0.04%
100 plus	102	0.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Ugu in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 385 659 [54.78% of total population]
• Total votes: 216 751 [30.79% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 56.20% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	124 925	57.64%
Inkhata Freedom Party	59 740	27.56%
Democratic Alliance	17 121	7.90%
African Christian Democratic Party	3 678	1.70%
Minority Front	2 245	1.04%
United Democratic Movement	1 715	0.79%
Independent Democrats	1 218	0.56%
Freedom Front Plus	1 049	0.48%
New National Party	842	0.39%
Azanian People's Organisation	768	0.35%
Pan African Congress	480	0.22%
SOPA	448	0.21%
United Christian Democratic Party	424	0.20%
EMSA	382	0.18%
UF	380	0.18%
PJC	349	0.16%
CDP	281	0.13%
TOP	265	0.12%
NA	183	0.08%
KISS	155	0.07%
NLP	103	0.05%
Total	216 751	100.00%

External links

• Ugu DM Official website