The amazing diversity of Cape Town's residents
As the capital of South Africa, Cape Town is a hugely popular holiday destination for tourists and for people who go on trips travelling around the world. There are a great number of landmarks and attractions for tourists and the city has thrived as such with many different people migrating to Cape Town over the years. Whilst the population has remained fairly consistent in recent years there are always small shifts happening as more and more people visit Cape Town on a long term basis and more and more people move there permanently.
Almost 50 per cent of Cape Town's population is made up of coloured or Bruinmense people who can't be specifically traced dominantly back to one place. Whilst a lot of this group has some form of African heritage, there is also a large influence coming from other areas such as Europe, Mauritius, Indonesia and many others. Because of this lack of clarity, they cannot be placed in the category of Black African and so they have their own category.
Black Africans make up the second highest percentage with an exact 31 per cent of the population. The remainder of the population is made up of white people and Asian people who together are just over 20 per cent although most of that is white people.
There are however differing views about certain parts of Cape Town and whether they are actually parts of Cape Town or not. A number of people believe that certain suburbs aren't actually part of Cape Town and as such their population should not influence the population figures. The central area of Cape Town though is extremely diverse because of the people who live there but also the vast amount of tourists.
With such a diverse population it is no surprise really that the languages spoken are equally diverse. Because of the extreme diversity many see it as a necessity to speak more than one language and as such they speak one language at home and usually English when at work. English has become the dominant language in central Cape Town too because of the tourism industry.
Almost 50 per cent of Cape Town's population is made up of coloured or Bruinmense people who can't be specifically traced dominantly back to one place. Whilst a lot of this group has some form of African heritage, there is also a large influence coming from other areas such as Europe, Mauritius, Indonesia and many others. Because of this lack of clarity, they cannot be placed in the category of Black African and so they have their own category.
Black Africans make up the second highest percentage with an exact 31 per cent of the population. The remainder of the population is made up of white people and Asian people who together are just over 20 per cent although most of that is white people.
There are however differing views about certain parts of Cape Town and whether they are actually parts of Cape Town or not. A number of people believe that certain suburbs aren't actually part of Cape Town and as such their population should not influence the population figures. The central area of Cape Town though is extremely diverse because of the people who live there but also the vast amount of tourists.
With such a diverse population it is no surprise really that the languages spoken are equally diverse. Because of the extreme diversity many see it as a necessity to speak more than one language and as such they speak one language at home and usually English when at work. English has become the dominant language in central Cape Town too because of the tourism industry.