Emalahleni Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	128 873	124 532	120 758
Population under 15	30.6%	40.1%	35.1%
Population 15 to 64	57.6%	52.5%	55.0%
Population over 65	11.8%	7.4%	9.9%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	73.5	90.5	81.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	94.8	91.5	90.1
Population Growth
Per annum	0.63%	0.70%	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	12.0%	12.1%	18.8%
Matric	n/a	15.5%	10.9%
Higher education	4.2%	3.5%	3.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	32 771	27 008	32 005
Average household size	3.9	4.6	3.8
Female headed households	n/a	53.2%	53.7%
Formal dwellings	83.4%	38.1%	55.8%
Housing owned	n/a	75.6%	60.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	38.6%	13.1%	13.1%
Weekly refuse removal	39.2%	18.7%	8.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	31.1%	4.6%	8.6%
Electricity for lighting	95.5%	94.0%	78.5%

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Emalahleni Local Municipality (EC136)

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