iLembe District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	782 661	657 612	606 809
Population under 15	28.9%	31.8%	33.8%
Population 15 to 64	64.8%	62.5%	61.3%
Population over 65	6.3%	5.6%	5.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	54.3	60.0	63.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.2	92.3	90.9
Population Growth
Per annum	2.47%	1.83%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	30.6%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	37.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	10.8%	11.1%	15.4%
Matric	n/a	32.8%	26.7%
Higher education	8.1%	6.3%	5.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	187 182	191 369	157 690
Average household size	4.2	3.4	3.8
Female headed households	n/a	47.1%	45.8%
Formal dwellings	87.6%	73.9%	64.4%
Housing owned	n/a	69.6%	56.5%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	44.6%	20.4%	26.4%
Weekly refuse removal	50.7%	32.5%	34.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	41.2%	18.3%	23.7%
Electricity for lighting	97.7%	84.9%	71.4%

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iLembe District Municipality (DC29)

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