Fezile Dabi District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	509 912	494 777	488 036
Population under 15	25.5%	25.5%	28.1%
Population 15 to 64	66.4%	67.5%	65.8%
Population over 65	8.1%	7.0%	6.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	50.6	48.1	51.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	92.3	98.9	98.6
Population Growth
Per annum	0.43%	0.31%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	33.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	44.4%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.0%	6.7%	7.3%
Matric	n/a	31.4%	27.5%
Higher education	9.5%	7.8%	8.6%
Household Dynamics
Households	145 539	172 370	144 971
Average household size	3.5	2.9	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	39.5%	38.6%
Formal dwellings	89.4%	85.6%	83.3%
Housing owned	n/a	71.3%	60.4%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	88.9%	80.9%	80.0%
Weekly refuse removal	83.3%	82.6%	81.7%
Piped water inside dwelling	60.6%	48.3%	56.7%
Electricity for lighting	94.3%	92.3%	89.8%

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Fezile Dabi District Municipality (DC20)

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