uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	191 660	172 077	156 772
Population under 15	32.4%	40.7%	40.1%
Population 15 to 64	62.4%	54.9%	54.8%
Population over 65	5.2%	4.4%	5.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	60.2	82.0	82.5
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	86.2	88.3	84.5
Population Growth
Per annum	1.95%	2.12%	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	24.4%	21.9%	30.5%
Matric	n/a	26.9%	22.0%
Higher education	4.6%	6.9%	4.5%
Household Dynamics
Households	34 686	39 614	33 871
Average household size	5.5	4.3	4.6
Female headed households	n/a	53.9%	53.9%
Formal dwellings	90.0%	70.0%	57.7%
Housing owned	n/a	75.1%	49.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	26.0%	1.0%	5.3%
Weekly refuse removal	22.0%	0.4%	1.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	26.5%	1.6%	5.3%
Electricity for lighting	80.3%	19.1%	14.2%

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uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality (KZN271)

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