Sakhisizwe Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	63 981	63 846	63 154
Population under 15	30.4%	38.7%	35.0%
Population 15 to 64	60.9%	56.2%	57.6%
Population over 65	8.7%	5.2%	7.4%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	64.1	78.0	73.7
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	95.3	94.1	93.0
Population Growth
Per annum	0.13%	0.56%	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	7.8%	16.2%	12.7%
Matric	n/a	16.6%	14.2%
Higher education	6.9%	6.6%	6.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	17 355	14 848	16 016
Average household size	3.7	4.3	3.9
Female headed households	n/a	49.6%	52.0%
Formal dwellings	83.2%	67.6%	64.5%
Housing owned	n/a	60.4%	42.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	44.9%	16.3%	23.6%
Weekly refuse removal	32.7%	7.1%	14.6%
Piped water inside dwelling	37.6%	14.7%	18.0%
Electricity for lighting	96.8%	93.9%	79.1%

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Sakhisizwe Local Municipality (EC138)

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