Joe Gqabi District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	393 048	372 912	348 673
Population under 15	30.3%	36.8%	34.1%
Population 15 to 64	61.0%	58.2%	58.4%
Population over 65	8.6%	5.0%	7.5%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	63.8	71.7	71.3
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.4	89.8	89.8
Population Growth
Per annum	1.16%	1.53%	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	9.4%	8.0%	14.7%
Matric	n/a	19.5%	14.1%
Higher education	6.8%	5.8%	6.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	124 294	95 107	97 471
Average household size	3.2	3.9	3.6
Female headed households	n/a	46.9%	49.3%
Formal dwellings	86.1%	69.6%	60.4%
Housing owned	n/a	71.7%	61.3%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	54.0%	28.2%	26.9%
Weekly refuse removal	53.1%	34.1%	28.1%
Piped water inside dwelling	45.0%	19.2%	17.6%
Electricity for lighting	93.9%	80.0%	69.1%

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Joe Gqabi District Municipality (DC14)

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