Harry Gwala District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	563 893	510 865	460 526
Population under 15	33.5%	40.0%	37.9%
Population 15 to 64	60.5%	55.9%	57.1%
Population over 65	6.0%	4.2%	4.9%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	65.4	79.0	75.1
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	88.0	88.3	86.7
Population Growth
Per annum	1.97%	2.03%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	n/a
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	7.6%	10.2%	9.8%
Matric	n/a	23.5%	19.2%
Higher education	6.7%	6.4%	5.6%
Household Dynamics
Households	115 068	123 705	112 148
Average household size	4.9	4.1	4.1
Female headed households	n/a	53.9%	55.2%
Formal dwellings	66.2%	41.7%	41.3%
Housing owned	n/a	67.4%	59.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	37.1%	18.4%	20.6%
Weekly refuse removal	33.4%	23.1%	20.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	29.4%	11.4%	14.5%
Electricity for lighting	95.2%	81.0%	62.5%

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Harry Gwala District Municipality (DC43)

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