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Garden Route District Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Garden Route

| official_name =

| other_name = Eden

| native_name =

| settlement_type = District municipality

| image_seal = Eden_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of South Africa with Garden Route highlighted (2016).svg

| mapsize =

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location in South Africa

| image_map1 = Map of the Eden district with local municipalities labelled.svg

| map_caption1 = Local municipalities within the Garden Route District

| coordinates = {{coord|33|45|S|22|00|E|region:ZA_type:adm2nd_dim:275km|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Western Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 =

| seat = George

| parts_type = Local municipalities

| p1 = Kannaland

| p2 = Hessequa

| p3 = Mossel Bay

| p4 = George

| p5 = Oudtshoorn

| p6 = Bitou

| p7 = Knysna

| parts =

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party = DA

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Andrew Stroebel

| leader_title1 =

| leader_name1 =

| leader_title2 =

| leader_name2 =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 23331.1

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://census.statssa.gov.za/assets/documents/2022/Provinces_at_a_Glance.pdf |title=Provinces at a Glance |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=5 April 2025}}

| population_total = 838457

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = 35.9

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 27.8%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 49.7%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 19.6%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info1 = 70.8%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Xhosa}}

| demographics2_info2 = 18.3%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 7.5%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 = %

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 3.4%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = DC4

| website = {{URL|https://www.gardenroute.gov.za/}}

| footnotes =

}}

The Garden Route District Municipality ({{langx|af|Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit}}; {{langx|xh|uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route}}), formerly known as the Eden District Municipality,{{cite press release |title=Eden District Municipality name to change to Garden Route District Municipality|url=https://www.gardenroute.gov.za/2018/05/29/eden-district-municipality-name-to-change-to-garden-route-district-municipality/#:~:text=Eden%20District%20Municipality%20name%20to%20change%20to%20Garden%20Route%20District%20Municipality,-Home&text=On%205%20December%202017%2C%20the,Route%20District%20Municipality%20(GRDM). |location=George |publisher=Garden Route District Municipality |date=29 May 2018 |access-date=2021-02-15}} is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.

Geography

The Garden Route District Municipality covers an area of {{convert|23331|km2}} in the southeastern part of the Western Cape, covering the regions known as the Garden Route and the Little Karoo. It stretches to the Breede River mouth and the Langeberg mountains on the west, where it abuts the Overberg District Municipality and (for a short distance) the Cape Winelands District Municipality. To the north the boundary with the Central Karoo District Municipality runs along the Swartberg mountains. In the east the municipality runs up to the Eastern Cape provincial boundary.

The district is divided into seven local municipalities, described in the following table.

class="wikitable sortable"
NameSeatPopulation
(2022)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Kannaland{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/218/kannaland-local-municipality |title=Kannaland Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Ladismithalign=right| 31,986align="right" | 4,765.4align="right" | 6.7
Hessequa{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/217/hessequa-local-municipality |title=Hessequa Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Riversdalealign=right| 71,918align="right" | 5,732.6align="right" | 12.5
Mossel Bay{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/220/mossel-bay-local-municipality |title=Mossel Bay Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Mossel Bayalign=right| 140,075align="right" | 2,001align="right" | 70.0
George{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/216/george-local-municipality |title=George Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Georgealign=right| 294,929align="right" | 5,191align="right" | 56.8
Oudtshoorn{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/221/oudtshoorn-local-municipality |title=Oudtshoorn Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Oudtshoornalign=right| 138,257align="right" | 3,540.4align="right" | 39.1
Bitou{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/215/bitou-local-municipality |title=Bitou Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Plettenberg Bayalign=right| 65,240align="right" | 991.9align="right" | 65.8
Knysna{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/219/knysna-local-municipality |title=Knysna Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Knysnaalign=right| 96,055align="right" | 1,108.8align="right" | 86.6
class="sortbottom"

|colspan=2| Total

align=right| 838,457align="right" |23,331.1align="right" | 35.9

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 CensusCensus 2011 statistical tables accessible through [http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ Stats SA SuperWEB] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930103145/http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ |date=September 30, 2013 }}. and the 2022 Census.

{|cellpadding=10

|-valign=top

|

=First language (2011)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
LanguagePopulation%
style="text-align:left"| Afrikaans397,46270.8%
style="text-align:left"| Xhosa102,74018.3%
style="text-align:left"| English42,2667.5%
style="text-align:left"| Sotho3,4120.6%
style="text-align:left"| Tswana2,6750.5%
style="text-align:left"| Zulu1,9600.3%
style="text-align:left"| Sign language1,8560.3%
style="text-align:left"| Ndebele1,0140.2%
style="text-align:left"| Tsonga7390.1%
style="text-align:left"| Northern Sotho6540.1%
style="text-align:left"| Venda5270.1%
style="text-align:left"| Swazi2960.1%
style="text-align:left"| Other5,6871.0%
style="text-align:left"| Total561,288
style="text-align:left"| Not applicable12,975

=Race (2022)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
RacePopulation%
style="text-align:left"| Coloured

| 416,542

| 49.7%

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

| 232,882

| 27.8%

style="text-align:left"| White

| 164,589

| 19.6%

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

| 2,816

| 0.3%

style="text-align:left"| Other

| 21,628

| 2.6%

style="text-align:left"| Total

| 838,457

|

|

=Gender (2022)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
GenderPopulation%
style="text-align:left"| Female

| 431,377

| 51.4%

style="text-align:left"| Male

| 407,080

| 48.6%

style="text-align:left"| Total

| 838,457

|

=Age (2022)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
Age groupPopulation%
style="text-align:left"| 0–464,0107.6%
style="text-align:left"| 5–14121,76914.5%
style="text-align:left" | 15–34266,97631.8%
style="text-align:left" | 35–59261,90131.2%
style="text-align:left" | 60+123,77514.8%
style="text-align:left" | Total838,457

|}

Politics

{{Politics of Western Cape}}

The council of the Garden Route District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors. Fourteen councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twenty-one are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: six by George, four by Mossel Bay, three each by Oudtshoorn and Knysna, two each by Hessequa and Bitou, and one by Kannaland.

After the election of 3 August 2016 there are twenty-one councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), twelve from the African National Congress (ANC), and one each from the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) and the African Independent Congress (AIC).{{cite web |url=https://www.westerncape.gov.za/sites/www.westerncape.gov.za/files/political_composition_march_2017_0.pdf |title=Political composition of councils February 2017 |date=February 2017 |publisher=Western Cape Department of Local Government |access-date=4 June 2017}}

The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.

class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Party

!rowspan="2"| Directly
elected

!colspan="7" |Appointed by local councils

!rowspan="2" | Total

KannalandHessequaMossel BayGeorgeOudtshoornBitouKnysna
{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 8

113321221
{{Party name with colour|African National Congress}}

| 5

11211112
{{Party name with colour|Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa}}

| 1

1
{{Party name with colour|African Independent Congress}}

|

11

The following table shows the results of the election of the fourteen directly elected councillors.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/WP/DC4.pdf |title=Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC4 - Eden |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=4 June 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/WP/DC4.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: DC4 - Eden |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=4 June 2017}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
colspan=2| PartyVotesVote %Seats
{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 106,242

53.2%8
{{Party name with colour|African National Congress}}

| 61,755

30.9%5
{{Party name with colour|Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa}}

| 10,791

5.4%1
{{Party name with colour|Freedom Front Plus}}

| 3,965

2.0%0
{{Party name with colour|Economic Freedom Fighters}}

| 3,604

1.8%0
{{Party name with colour|African Independent Congress}}

| 3,380

1.7%0
{{Party name with colour|Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners |shortname=Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners}}

| 2,592

1.3%0
{{Party name with colour|African Christian Democratic Party}}

| 2,439

1.2%0
{{Party name with colour|Congress of the People (South African political party)}}

| 1,804

0.9%0
{{Party name with colour|South African Religious Civic Organisation |shortname=South African Religious Civic Organisation}}

| 1,018

0.5%0
{{Party name with colour|South Africa Civics |shortname=South Africa Civics}}

| 858

0.4%0
{{Party name with colour|Knysna Unity Congress |shortname=Knysna Unity Congress}}

| 525

0.3%0
{{Party name with colour|Democratic New Civic Organisation |shortname=Democratic New Civic Organisation}}

| 378

0.2%0
{{Party name with colour|Christian Democrats (South Africa) |shortname=Christian Democrats}}

| 314

0.2%0
{{Party name with colour|George Independent Ratepayers Forum |shortname=George Independent Ratepayers Forum}}

| 163

0.1%0
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Total199,82814
colspan=5|
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Valid votes199,82898.1%
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes3,8191.9%
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast203,647
colspan="4"|
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Registered voters326,165
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage62.4%

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.edendm.co.za/ Garden Route District Municipality official website]

{{Garden Route District Municipality}}

{{Municipalities of the Western Cape}}

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