Bela-Bela Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	64 306	76 296	66 500
Population under 15	23.9%	33.0%	28.1%
Population 15 to 64	67.7%	61.8%	66.0%
Population over 65	8.4%	5.3%	5.9%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	47.7	61.9	51.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	97.9	104.4	103.1
Population Growth
Per annum	-0.33%	3.12%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	22.5%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	29.8%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.9%	4.1%	9.7%
Matric	n/a	32.5%	26.2%
Higher education	10.8%	9.4%	9.1%
Household Dynamics
Households	22 449	21 354	18 068
Average household size	2.9	3.6	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	39.3%	37.5%
Formal dwellings	88.7%	89.7%	86.3%
Housing owned	n/a	52.5%	43.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	79.5%	64.9%	79.0%
Weekly refuse removal	70.0%	62.2%	64.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	55.4%	27.8%	41.9%
Electricity for lighting	83.5%	86.0%	85.0%

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Bela-Bela Local Municipality (LIM366)

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