Saldanha Bay Municipality (; ) is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. , it had a population of 154,635., the municipality had a population of 154,635 people, with an average annual growth rate of 4.4% between 2011 and 2022.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Gender (2022)

!Gender

!Population

!%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Female

|78,195

|50.6%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Male

|76,440

|49.4%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Total

|154,635

|

|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Race (2022)

!Race

!Population

!%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Coloured

|79,138

|51.2%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Black African

|46,658

|30.2%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |White

|25,542

|16.5%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Indian or Asian

|752

|0.5%

|-

| style="text-align:left" |Other

|2,497

|1.6%

|}

According to the 2011 census the municipality had a population of 99,193 people in 28,835 households. Of this population, 55.8% describe themselves as "Coloured", 24.5% as "Black African", and 18.0% as "White". The first language of 72.5% of the population is Afrikaans, while 16.4% speak Xhosa, 6.6% speak English and 1.2% speak Sotho.

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a plurality of thirteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

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!colspan="9" align="center"| Saldanha Bay local election, 1 November 2021

|-

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats

|-

! Ward !! List !! Total !! % !! Ward !! List !! Total

|-

|

| 14,190 || 14,524 || 28,714 || 46.3% || 10 || 3 || 13

|-

|

| 6,613 || 6,809 || 13,422 || 21.7% || 4 || 2 || 6

|-

|

| 4,329 || 4,230 || 8,559 || 13.8% || 0 || 4 || 4

|-

|

| 1,546 || 1,334 || 2,880 || 4.6% || 0 || 1 || 1

|-

|

| 1,365 || 1,309 || 2,674 || 4.3% || 0 || 1 || 1

|-

|

| 933 || 988 || 1,921 || 3.1% || 0 || 1 || 1

|-

|

| 436 || 441 || 877 || 1.4% || 0 || 1 || 1

|-

|

| 424 || – || 424 || 0.7% || 0 || – || 0

|-

| ||style="text-align:left"| 6 other parties

| 1,259 || 1,236 || 2,495 || 4.0% || 0 || 0 || 0

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 31,095 || 30,871 || 61,966 || || 14 || 13 || 27

|-

|colspan="9"|

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 31,095 || 30,871 || 61,966 || 98.8%

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 257 || 483 || 740 || 1.2%

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 31,352 || 31,354 || 62,706 ||

|-

|colspan="6"|

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout

| 31,445

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 61,441

|-

|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 51.2%

|}

References

  • Official website
  • Saldanha Bay Local Municipality on the Western Cape Government website