Overberg District Municipality

Overberg
Overberg
District municipality
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	Location in South Africa
	Local municipalities within the Overberg
	Coordinates: 34°30′S 20°0′E / 34.500°S 20.000°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Seat	Bredasdorp
Local municipalities	List Theewaterskloof; Overstrand; Cape Agulhas; Swellendam;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lincoln de Bruyn (DA)
• Deputy Mayor	Jasper du Toit-Loubser (DA)
Area
• Total	12,241 km2 (4,726 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	258,176
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	25.6%
• Coloured	54.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	18.9%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	70.3%
• Xhosa	17.9%
• English	6.8%
• Sotho	2.1%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC3

It is divided into four local municipalities and includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam. The municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) and had in 2007 an estimated population of 212,787 people in 60,056 households.

Geography

The Overberg municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) lying to the south-east of Cape Town. It stretches from the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the west to the Breede River mouth in the east, and as far as the Riviersonderend Mountains in the north. It includes Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point in Africa, and has coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The largest town is Grabouw (pop. 44,593) in the Elgin Valley adjacent to the Hottentots-Holland on the north-western edge of the district. The municipal headquarters are located at Bredasdorp (pop. 12,749) in the southern part of the district. Other major towns are Swellendam (pop. 13,557) on the Breede River in the north-east, Caledon (pop. 10,650) in the western interior, and Hermanus (pop. 10,500) on the Atlantic coast.

The Overberg district is divided into four local municipalities, which are described in the following table.

Name	Seat	Population (2011)	Area (km²)	Density (inhabitants/km²)
Theewaterskloof	Caledon	108,790	3,232	33.7
Overstrand	Hermanus	80,432	1,708	47.1
Cape Agulhas	Bredasdorp	33,038	3,467	9.5
Swellendam	Swellendam	35,916	3,835	9.4
Total		258,176	12,241	21.1

It borders on the City of Cape Town to the west, the Cape Winelands District Municipality to the north, and the Garden Route District Municipality to the east.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census. Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language

Language	Population	%
Afrikaans	176,037	70.3%
Xhosa	44,857	17.9%
English	17,123	6.8%
Sotho	5,377	2.1%
Tswana	1,002	0.4%
Sign language	675	0.3%
Zulu	629	0.3%
Ndebele	462	0.2%
Northern Sotho	229	0.1%
Tsonga	211	0.1%
Venda	129	0.1%
Swazi	88	0.0%
Other	3,574	1.4%
Total	250,393
Not applicable	7,781

Race

Race	Population	%
Coloured	139,825	54.2%
Black African	66,151	25.6%
White	48,692	18.9%
Indian or Asian	816	0.3%
Other	2,692	1.0%
Total	258,176

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Male	129,370	50.1%
Female	128,806	49.9%
Total	258,176

Age

Age group	Population	%
0–4	22,804	8.8%
5–9	19,696	7.6%
10–14	19,634	7.6%
15–19	19,863	7.7%
20–24	22,349	8.7%
25–29	25,325	9.8%
30–34	20,040	7.8%
35–39	19,052	7.4%
40–44	18,159	7.0%
45–49	15,756	6.1%
50–54	13,314	5.2%
55–59	10,674	4.1%
60–64	9,983	3.9%
65–69	7,935	3.1%
70–74	6,012	2.3%
75–79	3,758	1.5%
80–84	2,181	0.8%
85+	989	0.4%
Total	258,176

Politics

The council of the Overberg District Municipality consists of twenty-one councillors. Nine councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twelve are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Theewaterskloof, four by Overstrand, two by Cape Agulhas and one by Swellendam.

After the elections of 3 August 2016, fourteen of the councillors are Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives and seven are African National Congress (ANC) representatives. The mayor is Andries Franken and the deputy mayor is Archibald Klaas; both are members of the DA. The following table shows the composition of the council after the 2016 election.

Party		Directly elected	Appointed by local councils				Total
Party		Directly elected	Theewaterskloof	Overstrand	Cape Agulhas	Swellendam	Total
	DA	6	3	3	1	1	14
	African National Congress	3	2	1	1	0	7

The following table shows the results of the election of the nine directly-elected members on 3 August 2016.

Party		Votes	Vote %	Seats
	DA	53,502	57.9%	6
	African National Congress	32,707	35.4%	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,852	2.0%	0
	Dienslewerings Party	1,417	1.5%	0
	FF Plus	1,311	1.4%	0
	Independent Civic Organisation	740	0.8%	0
	United Democratic Movement	706	0.8%	0
	People's Democratic Movement	155	0.2%	0
Total		92,390		9

Valid votes		92,390	97.9%
Spoilt votes		1,934	2.1%
Total votes cast		94,324

Registered voters		148,602
Turnout percentage		63.5%

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