Govan Mbeki Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	310 117	340 091	294 538
Population under 15	25.4%	25.2%	26.9%
Population 15 to 64	69.8%	70.6%	69.4%
Population over 65	4.7%	4.2%	3.7%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	43.2	41.7	44.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	100.3	108.5	106.9
Population Growth
Per annum	0.50%	3.27%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	26.2%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	34.4%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	7.1%	6.5%	7.9%
Matric	n/a	37.3%	31.3%
Higher education	8.1%	10.5%	11.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	103 864	108 894	83 869
Average household size	3.0	3.1	3.5
Female headed households	n/a	30.8%	30.8%
Formal dwellings	86.4%	76.3%	71.0%
Housing owned	n/a	56.5%	52.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	92.0%	91.1%	90.4%
Weekly refuse removal	85.2%	70.3%	91.7%
Piped water inside dwelling	66.4%	44.8%	56.5%
Electricity for lighting	92.8%	93.7%	90.3%

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Govan Mbeki Local Municipality (MP307)

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