Johannesburg

=== Languages ===
[[File:Johannesburg dominant language map.svg|thumb|Geographical distribution of home languages in Johannesburg
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{{legend|#8dd3c7|[[Afrikaans]]}}
{{legend|#ffffb3|[[South African English|English]]}}
{{legend|#bebada|[[Southern Ndebele language|Ndebele]]}}
{{legend|#fb8072|[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]}}
{{legend|#80b1d3|[[Zulu language|Zulu]]}}
{{legend|#fdb462|[[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]]}}
{{legend|#b3de69|[[Sotho language|Sotho]]}}
{{legend|#fccde5|[[Tswana language|Tswana]]}}
{{legend|#ccebc5|[[Venda language|Venda]]}}
{{legend|#ffed6f|[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]}}
{{legend|#d0d0d0|No language dominant}}
}}]]

32% of Johannesburg residents speak [[Nguni languages]] at home, 24% speak [[Sotho languages]], 18% speak English, 7% speak [[Afrikaans]] and 6% speak [[Tshivenda]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Gender
!Population
!%
|-
| Female
| 473,148
| 49.42
|-
| Male
| 484,293
| 50.58
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Race
!Population
!%
|-
| [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| 614,793
| 64.21
|-
| [[White South African|White]]
| 133,379
| 13.93
|-
| [[Coloured]]
| 133,029
| 13.89
|-
| [[Asian South African|Asian]]
| 63,918
| 6.68
|-
|Other
|12,320
|1.29
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[First language]]
! Population<ref name="census2011" /><ref name="census2011 gov.za">{{Cite web |last=Africa |first=Statistics South |title=Local Municipality {{!}} Statistics South Africa |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993 |access-date=2021-08-22 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722214641/http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! %
|-
| [[Zulu language|Zulu]]
| 1,022,747
| 23.41
|-
|-
| [[Sesotho language|Sotho]]
| 420,117
| 9.61
|-
| [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| 298,523
| 6.83
|-
| [[Afrikaans]]
| 318,063
| 7.28
|-
| [[Tswana language|Tswana]]
| 335,713
| 7.68
|-
| [[Sepedi]]
| 317,277
| 7.26
|-
| [[South African English|English]]
| 878,230
| 20.10
|-
| [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]
| 287,625
| 6.58
|-
| [[Swazi language|Swazi]]
| 35,926
| 0.82
|-
| [[Venda language|Venda]]
| 141,435
| 3.24
|-
| [[Southern Ndebele language|Ndebele]]
| 126,587
| 2.90
|-
| [[Languages of South Africa|Other]]
| 168,566
| 3.86
|-
| [[South African Sign Language|Sign language]]
| 18,793
| 0.43
|}