Umzimkhulu Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	220 620	197 286	180 302
Population under 15	36.4%	42.7%	40.8%
Population 15 to 64	57.3%	52.6%	53.7%
Population over 65	6.3%	4.7%	5.5%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	74.4	90.0	86.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	85.1	84.7	82.9
Population Growth
Per annum	1.96%	2.05%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	46.6%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	56.8%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.6%	14.1%	6.4%
Matric	n/a	17.9%	15.3%
Higher education	6.4%	5.9%	4.9%
Household Dynamics
Households	40 064	44 571	42 907
Average household size	5.5	4.4	4.2
Female headed households	n/a	58.4%	60.3%
Formal dwellings	56.7%	25.7%	32.7%
Housing owned	n/a	72.1%	68.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	24.8%	5.8%	7.0%
Weekly refuse removal	23.0%	8.1%	8.3%
Piped water inside dwelling	20.5%	6.4%	5.6%
Electricity for lighting	96.2%	80.0%	64.5%

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Umzimkhulu Local Municipality (KZN435)

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