Blouberg Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	192 109	172 601	175 085
Population under 15	35.0%	40.0%	38.9%
Population 15 to 64	56.5%	53.0%	53.5%
Population over 65	8.5%	7.0%	7.6%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	77.0	88.5	87.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	84.4	82.1	83.5
Population Growth
Per annum	0.90%	-0.32%	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	20.4%	19.5%	27.4%
Matric	n/a	18.9%	15.7%
Higher education	5.6%	6.0%	5.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	57 575	43 747	44 673
Average household size	3.3	3.9	3.9
Female headed households	n/a	57.3%	56.3%
Formal dwellings	96.5%	95.6%	93.3%
Housing owned	n/a	65.4%	57.2%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	30.9%	5.5%	7.0%
Weekly refuse removal	33.3%	16.6%	19.3%
Piped water inside dwelling	32.7%	1.4%	7.8%
Electricity for lighting	97.7%	95.2%	88.0%

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Blouberg Local Municipality (LIM351)

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