It is divided into four local municipalities and includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam.

The municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) and had in 2007 an estimated population of 212,787 people in 60,056 households.

[3] The Overberg municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) lying to the south-east of Cape Town.

[8] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

Nine councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twelve are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Theewaterskloof, four by Overstrand, two by Cape Agulhas and one by Swellendam.