Greater Kokstad Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	81 676	76 753	65 981
Population under 15	28.4%	32.9%	30.6%
Population 15 to 64	68.1%	64.9%	66.7%
Population over 65	3.5%	2.2%	2.7%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	46.8	54.0	49.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	91.6	92.5	94.4
Population Growth
Per annum	2.07%	3.44%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	28.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	36.3%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	2.2%	1.6%	4.1%
Matric	n/a	34.9%	28.3%
Higher education	11.7%	9.5%	10.5%
Household Dynamics
Households	22 736	24 397	19 140
Average household size	3.6	3.1	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	43.7%	41.6%
Formal dwellings	90.3%	86.3%	83.6%
Housing owned	n/a	56.7%	36.3%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	79.5%	66.2%	65.0%
Weekly refuse removal	77.6%	72.7%	74.0%
Piped water inside dwelling	55.5%	27.0%	36.1%
Electricity for lighting	94.3%	88.6%	80.7%

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Greater Kokstad Local Municipality (KZN433)

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