Xhariep District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	131 901	125 884	121 945
Population under 15	28.0%	26.5%	30.4%
Population 15 to 64	64.3%	66.7%	63.3%
Population over 65	7.7%	6.8%	6.3%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	55.5	49.9	57.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	92.1	98.5	97.7
Population Growth
Per annum	0.76%	0.72%	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	10.4%	10.6%	14.1%
Matric	n/a	26.2%	18.7%
Higher education	6.9%	5.6%	5.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	36 064	44 767	37 678
Average household size	3.7	2.8	3.2
Female headed households	n/a	37.6%	37.8%
Formal dwellings	91.0%	89.1%	87.6%
Housing owned	n/a	61.7%	49.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	89.1%	79.2%	78.8%
Weekly refuse removal	67.7%	67.7%	70.1%
Piped water inside dwelling	46.4%	34.7%	44.9%
Electricity for lighting	93.7%	94.2%	91.8%

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Xhariep District Municipality (DC16)

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