City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	412 075	410 465	370 256
Population under 15	25.9%	34.7%	29.9%
Population 15 to 64	69.4%	62.0%	66.8%
Population over 65	4.7%	3.3%	3.3%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	44.1	61.3	49.7
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	94.2	93.3	94.6
Population Growth
Per annum	1.04%	2.81%	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	7.8%	5.9%	8.2%
Matric	n/a	44.3%	36.8%
Higher education	14.6%	13.5%	13.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	100 441	110 503	94 010
Average household size	4.1	3.7	3.9
Female headed households	n/a	43.3%	41.3%
Formal dwellings	97.0%	88.3%	87.4%
Housing owned	n/a	74.9%	52.2%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	62.5%	45.7%	51.2%
Weekly refuse removal	55.3%	43.1%	49.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	58.0%	43.0%	46.7%
Electricity for lighting	99.2%	98.8%	93.5%

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City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality (KZN282)

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