Editing Bitou Local Municipality (section)

==Demographics==
The [[2022 South African census]] reported a population of 65,240 in the municipality, increasing at an annual rate of 2.8% since 2011. 52.6% of this population identified as "[[Black South African|Black African]]," 28.8% as "[[Coloureds|Coloured]]," and 16.5% as "[[White South Africans|White]]."<ref>https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/western_cape/WC047__bitou/</ref>

According to the [[South African National Census of 2011|2011 census]] the municipality had a population of 49,162 people in 16,645 households. Of this population, 45.2% describe themselves as "[[Bantu peoples in South Africa|Black African]]", 31.2% as "[[Coloured]]", and 16.9% as "[[White South African|White]]". The [[first language]] of 43.4% of the population is [[Afrikaans]], while 38.0% speak [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] and 13.3% speak [[English language|English]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/179 |title=Bitou Local Municipality |work=Census 2011}}</ref>

A majority of residents of the municipality live in the town of [[Plettenberg Bay]], which in 2011 had a population of 31,804.<ref>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/179006 Bossiesgerf], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/179007 New Horizons], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/179008 Kwanokuthula] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/179009 Plettenberg Bay] from Census 2011.</ref> On the other side of the [[Keurbooms River]] mouth from Plettenberg Bay is the coastal resort of [[Keurboomstrand]] (pop. 475), while the resort of [[Nature's Valley]] (pop. 460) is situated further east at the mouth of the [[Groot River (Tsitsikamma)|Groot River]]. The [[Griqua people|Griqua]] settlement of [[Kranshoek]] (pop. 5,597) is situated west of Plettenberg Bay. In the interior of the municipality are villages at [[Kurland, Western Cape|Kurland]] (pop. 4,033) and [[Wittedrif]] (pop. 1,822).