Nquthu Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	201 133	171 325	165 307
Population under 15	36.4%	40.5%	42.4%
Population 15 to 64	57.7%	54.8%	52.5%
Population over 65	5.9%	4.7%	5.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	73.3	82.5	90.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	86.1	86.6	83.4
Population Growth
Per annum	1.90%	0.81%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	44.4%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	53.3%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	14.0%	15.5%	18.1%
Matric	n/a	27.1%	20.3%
Higher education	4.7%	3.8%	3.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	33 617	32 622	31 610
Average household size	6.0	5.3	5.2
Female headed households	n/a	60.5%	60.1%
Formal dwellings	75.5%	55.4%	63.1%
Housing owned	n/a	81.3%	50.4%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	20.1%	4.4%	5.8%
Weekly refuse removal	21.9%	5.7%	8.5%
Piped water inside dwelling	20.4%	4.3%	8.0%
Electricity for lighting	93.5%	81.8%	53.0%

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Nquthu Local Municipality (KZN242)

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