West Rand District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	998 466	838 594	821 191
Population under 15	23.7%	23.1%	24.1%
Population 15 to 64	71.0%	71.7%	71.9%
Population over 65	5.3%	5.2%	4.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	40.8	39.4	39.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	102.4	107.6	109.0
Population Growth
Per annum	1.90%	0.48%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	26.3%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	35.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	4.1%	3.8%	5.2%
Matric	n/a	34.7%	30.1%
Higher education	11.1%	10.1%	10.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	356 530	330 572	267 460
Average household size	2.8	2.5	3.1
Female headed households	n/a	31.7%	31.1%
Formal dwellings	88.1%	76.3%	72.7%
Housing owned	n/a	43.0%	36.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	90.7%	80.1%	80.7%
Weekly refuse removal	84.3%	79.3%	76.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	76.7%	55.5%	53.6%
Electricity for lighting	95.1%	83.5%	81.7%

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West Rand District Municipality (DC48)

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