# Central Karoo District Municipality

The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans: Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.

## Geography

The Central Karoo District Municipality is divided into three local municipalities, which are described in the following table.
| Name | Seat | Population (2011) | Area (km$^2$) | Density (inhabitants/km$^2$) |
| Laingsburg | Laingsburg | 8,289 | 8,784 | 0.94 |
| Prince Albert | Prince Albert | 13,136 | 8,153 | 1.61 |
| Beaufort West | Beaufort West | 49,586 | 21,917 | 2.26 |
| Total | Total | 71,011 | 38,854 | 1.83 |

### Adjacent municipalities

* Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape (northeast)
* Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape (east)
* Garden Route District Municipality (south)
* Cape Winelands District Municipality (southwest)
* Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape (northwest)

## 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 LanguagePopulation % Afrikaans60,07487.2% Xhosa5,3467.8% English1,7892.6% Tswana3990.6% Sotho3220.5% Zulu1820.3% Sign language1790.3% Ndebele1170.2% Northern Sotho930.1% Venda600.1% Swazi290.0% Tsonga180.0% Other3010.4% Total68,909 Not applicable2,101 Race RacePopulation % Coloured 54,076 76.2% Black African 9,045 12.7% White 7,197 10.1% Indian or Asian 300 0.4% Other 394 0.6% Total 71,011 | Gender GenderPopulation % Female 36,244 51.0% Male 34,767 49.0% Total 71,011 Age Age groupPopulation % 0–47,67910.8% 5–97,0309.9% 10–146,9769.8% 15–196,1598.7% 20–245,6728.0% 25–295,3437.5% 30–344,7406.7% 35–394,7736.7% 40–444,7866.7% 45–494,2796.0% 50–543,8115.4% 55–593,0474.3% 60–642,3443.3% 65–691,6362.3% 70–741,2431.8% 75–797511.1% 80–844050.6% 85+2030.3% Total71,011 |

## Politics

The council of the Central Karoo District Municipality consists of thirteen councillors. Six councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and seven are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Beaufort West and one each by Laingsburg and Prince Albert.
As of February 2017 there are six councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), four from the African National Congress (ANC), two from the Karoo Gemeenskap Party (KGP) and one from the Karoo Democratic Force (KDF). The DA, KGP and KDF are in a coalition which governs the council. The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.
| Party | Party | Directly elected | Appointed by local councils | Appointed by local councils | Appointed by local councils | Total |
| Party | Party | Directly elected | Laingsburg | Prince Albert | Beaufort West | Total |
| | DA | 3 | 1 | | 2 | 6 |
| | ANC | 2 | | | 2 | 4 |
| | Karoo Gemeenskap Party | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| | Karoo Democratic Force | 0 | | | 1 | 1 |
The following table shows the results of the election of the six directly elected councillors.
| Party | Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats |
| | DA | 11,037 | 45.4% | 3 |
| | ANC | 9,811 | 40.4% | 2 |
| | Karoo Gemeenskap Party | 1,807 | 7.4% | 1 |
| | Karoo Democratic Force | 1,001 | 4.1% | 0 |
| | EFF | 288 | 1.2% | 0 |
| | VF+ | 208 | 0.9% | 0 |
| | Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa | 134 | 0.6% | 0 |
| Total | Total | 24,286 | | 6 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 24,286 | 98.6% |
| Spoilt votes | Spoilt votes | 346 | 1.4% |
| Total votes cast | Total votes cast | 24,632 | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 37,907 |
| Turnout percentage | Turnout percentage | 65.0% |