Dipaleseng Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	35 980	45 232	42 390
Population under 15	25.4%	25.5%	28.2%
Population 15 to 64	68.2%	68.3%	66.0%
Population over 65	6.4%	6.2%	5.8%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	46.7	46.4	51.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	96.1	107.2	102.6
Population Growth
Per annum	-1.59%	1.47%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	37.2%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	45.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	7.7%	6.6%	12.0%
Matric	n/a	29.1%	24.1%
Higher education	5.4%	6.1%	5.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	13 129	14 877	12 637
Average household size	2.7	3.0	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	35.8%	35.2%
Formal dwellings	88.7%	73.7%	67.4%
Housing owned	n/a	47.1%	57.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	89.6%	71.3%	77.1%
Weekly refuse removal	83.7%	74.4%	81.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	64.9%	28.5%	38.2%
Electricity for lighting	90.2%	80.8%	83.1%

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Dipaleseng Local Municipality (MP306)

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