Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	288 049	268 256	249 363
Population under 15	31.5%	33.4%	36.1%
Population 15 to 64	60.9%	60.9%	56.8%
Population over 65	7.7%	5.7%	7.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	64.2	64.3	76.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	89.1	87.4	86.3
Population Growth
Per annum	1.40%	1.66%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	42.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	52.7%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	17.9%	15.8%	24.1%
Matric	n/a	26.1%	20.1%
Higher education	6.7%	6.9%	5.9%
Household Dynamics
Households	79 136	66 359	60 251
Average household size	3.6	4.0	4.1
Female headed households	n/a	52.3%	53.2%
Formal dwellings	94.8%	88.5%	90.5%
Housing owned	n/a	64.2%	58.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	31.4%	9.8%	11.7%
Weekly refuse removal	29.3%	11.1%	10.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	31.1%	6.8%	12.2%
Electricity for lighting	95.2%	93.3%	91.1%

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Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (LIM472)

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