Emakhazeni Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	50 165	48 149	47 216
Population under 15	23.3%	27.4%	28.0%
Population 15 to 64	70.0%	67.8%	66.2%
Population over 65	6.7%	4.8%	5.8%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	42.8	47.4	51.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	93.7	105.4	104.2
Population Growth
Per annum	0.59%	0.44%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	25.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	34.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	13.2%	16.0%	15.0%
Matric	n/a	32.7%	28.6%
Higher education	6.2%	5.1%	7.2%
Household Dynamics
Households	19 613	14 633	13 721
Average household size	2.6	3.3	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	36.6%	35.9%
Formal dwellings	94.9%	80.4%	81.8%
Housing owned	n/a	56.6%	52.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	93.0%	75.2%	77.7%
Weekly refuse removal	86.7%	56.3%	71.7%
Piped water inside dwelling	80.1%	46.7%	55.0%
Electricity for lighting	94.2%	83.1%	83.6%

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Emakhazeni Local Municipality (MP314)

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