Greater Taung Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	202 009	167 827	177 642
Population under 15	32.7%	34.2%	35.8%
Population 15 to 64	59.3%	58.4%	56.3%
Population over 65	8.1%	7.5%	7.9%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	68.7	71.3	77.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	94.3	86.5	89.2
Population Growth
Per annum	1.25%	-1.29%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	49.8%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	61.7%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	11.2%	13.8%	19.2%
Matric	n/a	19.8%	15.7%
Higher education	4.9%	4.3%	4.6%
Household Dynamics
Households	53 551	46 168	48 613
Average household size	3.8	3.6	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	48.5%	48.2%
Formal dwellings	95.6%	90.3%	88.5%
Housing owned	n/a	83.9%	70.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	27.9%	7.9%	10.1%
Weekly refuse removal	22.6%	5.2%	7.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	26.2%	4.6%	10.0%
Electricity for lighting	96.8%	92.7%	88.5%

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Greater Taung Local Municipality (NW394)

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