Ratlou Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	128 766	106 108	107 339
Population under 15	35.2%	32.4%	38.7%
Population 15 to 64	57.4%	60.8%	53.9%
Population over 65	7.4%	6.7%	7.4%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	74.2	64.4	85.6
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	93.9	90.0	91.6
Population Growth
Per annum	1.77%	-0.26%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	43.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	52.4%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	17.6%	19.0%	28.9%
Matric	n/a	13.8%	11.2%
Higher education	2.5%	2.3%	3.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	31 273	29 120	26 889
Average household size	4.1	3.6	4.0
Female headed households	n/a	48.6%	49.5%
Formal dwellings	93.7%	81.8%	89.9%
Housing owned	n/a	80.6%	54.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	21.1%	0.4%	3.2%
Weekly refuse removal	18.7%	0.1%	0.8%
Piped water inside dwelling	22.1%	0.7%	5.2%
Electricity for lighting	93.1%	83.8%	83.7%

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Ratlou Local Municipality (NW381)

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