 According to the censuses, the population of local communities Fontana and Zapadna Kapija was 5,519 and 5,067 in 1981, 5,237 and 5,187 in 1991 and 4,476 and 4,278 in 2002, respectively.Unified Fontana had a population of 7,849 in 2011.Apart from being a residential area, some commercial and educational facilities are located nearby, the most prominent being a multifunctional shopping and cultural center "Fontana" by architect Uroš Martinović (1918-2004).