Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	59 815	56 025	53 248
Population under 15	30.9%	31.6%	31.8%
Population 15 to 64	64.0%	62.8%	62.1%
Population over 65	5.1%	5.6%	6.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	56.4	59.2	61.1
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	95.0	97.9	99.8
Population Growth
Per annum	1.13%	1.16%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	30.5%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	39.3%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	11.4%	9.6%	17.9%
Matric	n/a	28.1%	20.8%
Higher education	5.0%	4.8%	4.9%
Household Dynamics
Households	15 303	16 496	14 930
Average household size	3.9	3.4	3.6
Female headed households	n/a	35.6%	35.4%
Formal dwellings	95.9%	93.3%	79.2%
Housing owned	n/a	72.7%	53.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	96.5%	87.1%	90.7%
Weekly refuse removal	86.1%	85.9%	73.5%
Piped water inside dwelling	50.5%	29.9%	29.5%
Electricity for lighting	96.4%	94.1%	86.1%

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Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality (NW396)

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