Cathcart named after Sir George Cathcart, governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 1852–1853. The town is situated on the N6, 48 km’s north of Stutterheim en route to Queenstown.
October 1876
Windvogelberg, named after a San chief, is renamed Cathcart in honour of Sir George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape Colony.
Cathcart is located to the east of the Windvogelberg, 146 km north-west of East London. Developed after 1856 from a military camp established in 1850. It became a municipality in 1881. Centre of a wool-producing area.
Key Statistics 2011
| Total population | 2,310 |
| Young (0-14) | 30,8% |
| Working Age (15-64) | 60,6% |
| Elderly (65+) | 8,7% |
| Dependency ratio | 65,1 |
| Sex ratio | 85,4 |
| Population density | 48 persons/km2 |
| No schooling aged 20+ | 6,5% |
| Higher education aged 20+ | 15,1% |
| Matric aged 20+ | 26,4% |
| Number of households | 652 |
| Average household size | 2,9 |
| Female headed households | 49,9% |
| Formal dwellings | 79,9% |
| Housing owned/paying off | 27,6% |
| Flush toilet connected to sewerage | 61,2% |
| Weekly refuse removal | 78,1% |
| Piped water inside dwelling | 56,7% |
| Electricity for lighting | 80,7% |
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