Lejweleputswa District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	679 746	646 920	624 746
Population under 15	27.5%	26.5%	28.9%
Population 15 to 64	65.9%	68.4%	66.1%
Population over 65	6.6%	5.1%	5.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	51.7	46.2	51.3
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	92.3	100.0	97.4
Population Growth
Per annum	0.82%	0.79%	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	4.4%	4.6%	6.7%
Matric	n/a	30.3%	25.1%
Higher education	8.6%	7.4%	7.4%
Household Dynamics
Households	189 807	217 911	182 247
Average household size	3.6	3.0	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	39.4%	39.8%
Formal dwellings	88.2%	83.2%	79.1%
Housing owned	n/a	69.7%	58.5%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	86.2%	81.7%	77.3%
Weekly refuse removal	66.5%	72.1%	79.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	53.5%	43.5%	47.7%
Electricity for lighting	94.7%	94.0%	90.9%

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Lejweleputswa District Municipality (DC18)

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