Mthonjaneni Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	99 289	78 883	83 577
Population under 15	34.3%	46.4%	39.8%
Population 15 to 64	60.4%	49.0%	55.1%
Population over 65	5.3%	4.5%	5.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	65.6	104.0	81.3
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	84.5	85.0	84.4
Population Growth
Per annum	1.67%	-1.31%	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	19.3%	17.7%	24.0%
Matric	n/a	25.4%	20.3%
Higher education	3.7%	6.1%	3.2%
Household Dynamics
Households	15 408	16 040	16 255
Average household size	6.4	4.9	5.1
Female headed households	n/a	58.9%	58.1%
Formal dwellings	75.4%	53.5%	46.6%
Housing owned	n/a	76.9%	38.2%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	37.3%	19.6%	19.4%
Weekly refuse removal	32.4%	20.4%	16.7%
Piped water inside dwelling	32.7%	17.6%	17.2%
Electricity for lighting	95.8%	84.1%	68.9%

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Mthonjaneni Local Municipality (KZN285)

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