Amahlathi Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	115 703	101 826	101 035
Population under 15	27.8%	31.5%	30.7%
Population 15 to 64	62.7%	63.3%	60.9%
Population over 65	9.5%	5.2%	8.4%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	59.4	58.0	64.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	95.3	93.2	91.8
Population Growth
Per annum	1.32%	0.18%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	n/a
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	7.1%	5.4%	10.1%
Matric	n/a	20.2%	13.9%
Higher education	6.1%	4.8%	4.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	33 621	24 577	28 357
Average household size	3.4	4.1	3.6
Female headed households	n/a	47.2%	48.0%
Formal dwellings	84.3%	53.1%	61.5%
Housing owned	n/a	75.2%	68.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	46.4%	21.6%	26.5%
Weekly refuse removal	39.7%	14.0%	24.6%
Piped water inside dwelling	38.3%	13.7%	18.4%
Electricity for lighting	94.8%	92.0%	82.4%

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Amahlathi Local Municipality (EC124)

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