Amathole District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	871 601	880 790	854 967
Population under 15	29.3%	32.7%	33.5%
Population 15 to 64	60.4%	61.6%	57.6%
Population over 65	10.4%	5.7%	8.9%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	65.7	62.4	73.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.9	89.6	88.5
Population Growth
Per annum	0.19%	0.65%	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	9.2%	10.2%	13.6%
Matric	n/a	19.0%	13.2%
Higher education	7.2%	5.7%	6.1%
Household Dynamics
Households	241 612	213 763	227 572
Average household size	3.6	4.1	3.8
Female headed households	n/a	52.2%	53.0%
Formal dwellings	81.1%	55.9%	52.7%
Housing owned	n/a	71.2%	67.8%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	40.1%	17.0%	18.1%
Weekly refuse removal	35.4%	17.4%	16.5%
Piped water inside dwelling	34.6%	12.3%	12.6%
Electricity for lighting	94.5%	82.4%	69.8%

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Amathole District Municipality (DC12)

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