Nkomazi Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	591 928	410 907	393 030
Population under 15	31.0%	38.0%	35.4%
Population 15 to 64	64.9%	58.3%	60.5%
Population over 65	4.1%	3.6%	4.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	54.1	71.4	65.4
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	88.6	91.0	89.9
Population Growth
Per annum	3.98%	1.01%	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	20.2%	17.7%	25.6%
Matric	n/a	29.6%	25.5%
Higher education	6.8%	6.5%	6.5%
Household Dynamics
Households	134 143	103 965	96 202
Average household size	4.4	4.0	4.1
Female headed households	n/a	45.4%	45.6%
Formal dwellings	96.4%	91.7%	92.3%
Housing owned	n/a	84.0%	65.6%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	26.7%	4.0%	10.6%
Weekly refuse removal	28.7%	17.5%	20.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	29.5%	5.6%	20.9%
Electricity for lighting	95.6%	95.1%	83.3%

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Nkomazi Local Municipality (MP324)

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