Nkandla Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	108 896	114 284	114 416
Population under 15	35.5%	45.9%	40.3%
Population 15 to 64	57.6%	48.6%	53.6%
Population over 65	7.0%	5.5%	6.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	73.7	105.8	86.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	83.4	82.5	79.4
Population Growth
Per annum	-0.48%	-0.03%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	43.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	53.5%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	22.8%	24.7%	29.1%
Matric	n/a	23.9%	21.2%
Higher education	4.0%	4.9%	4.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	16 254	21 832	22 460
Average household size	6.7	5.2	5.1
Female headed households	n/a	63.0%	63.1%
Formal dwellings	55.8%	17.0%	31.8%
Housing owned	n/a	87.3%	54.6%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	16.7%	5.5%	9.3%
Weekly refuse removal	16.2%	4.0%	7.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	17.8%	5.0%	16.7%
Electricity for lighting	95.7%	76.9%	44.6%

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Nkandla Local Municipality (KZN286)

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