Ugu District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	773 402	753 336	689 051
Population under 15	29.2%	38.1%	33.2%
Population 15 to 64	62.4%	57.5%	60.2%
Population over 65	8.4%	4.4%	6.7%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	60.1	73.8	66.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.0	91.8	88.4
Population Growth
Per annum	1.12%	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	8.8%	8.4%	12.7%
Matric	n/a	31.9%	23.8%
Higher education	9.1%	8.1%	7.2%
Household Dynamics
Households	172 628	175 146	172 899
Average household size	4.5	4.3	4.0
Female headed households	n/a	49.9%	50.4%
Formal dwellings	85.1%	58.6%	65.6%
Housing owned	n/a	72.7%	64.6%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	37.1%	20.8%	26.4%
Weekly refuse removal	33.1%	19.7%	25.5%
Piped water inside dwelling	36.2%	21.2%	25.4%
Electricity for lighting	96.0%	84.1%	72.2%

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Ugu District Municipality (DC21)

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