Mbhashe Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	240 020	277 250	261 670
Population under 15	33.4%	35.8%	38.0%
Population 15 to 64	57.1%	59.0%	53.8%
Population over 65	9.6%	5.2%	8.2%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	75.3	69.6	85.8
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	86.2	86.3	85.0
Population Growth
Per annum	-0.84%	1.31%	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	16.0%	15.6%	21.4%
Matric	n/a	13.7%	10.0%
Higher education	5.6%	4.5%	4.9%
Household Dynamics
Households	52 715	58 727	61 893
Average household size	4.6	4.7	4.2
Female headed households	n/a	57.1%	58.3%
Formal dwellings	69.2%	41.1%	30.6%
Housing owned	n/a	68.3%	73.3%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	26.5%	3.0%	4.4%
Weekly refuse removal	26.8%	10.9%	3.0%
Piped water inside dwelling	26.7%	3.3%	3.4%
Electricity for lighting	90.5%	66.8%	49.7%

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Mbhashe Local Municipality (EC121)

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