Phumelela Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	52 224	50 054	47 772
Population under 15	27.1%	28.9%	31.7%
Population 15 to 64	66.1%	65.5%	62.3%
Population over 65	6.8%	5.6%	6.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	51.3	52.7	60.5
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	92.1	97.5	94.1
Population Growth
Per annum	0.87%	1.06%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	25.3%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	34.6%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	6.9%	7.2%	11.3%
Matric	n/a	23.2%	19.4%
Higher education	7.1%	4.6%	6.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	15 605	14 586	12 888
Average household size	3.3	3.4	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	40.0%	39.3%
Formal dwellings	82.9%	69.6%	73.0%
Housing owned	n/a	51.3%	50.2%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	75.1%	64.5%	62.6%
Weekly refuse removal	69.4%	61.0%	65.1%
Piped water inside dwelling	43.5%	28.1%	30.6%
Electricity for lighting	84.8%	79.1%	74.9%

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Phumelela Local Municipality (FS195)

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