uMkhanyakude District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	738 437	689 090	625 846
Population under 15	33.5%	40.9%	40.3%
Population 15 to 64	61.6%	55.2%	55.3%
Population over 65	4.9%	3.9%	4.5%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	62.4	81.2	81.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	87.1	88.7	85.6
Population Growth
Per annum	1.61%	2.19%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	42.8%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	51.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	19.8%	17.8%	25.3%
Matric	n/a	31.1%	25.4%
Higher education	5.2%	6.4%	4.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	129 066	151 245	128 191
Average household size	5.7	4.6	4.9
Female headed households	n/a	54.2%	53.9%
Formal dwellings	90.7%	70.1%	71.7%
Housing owned	n/a	77.0%	47.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	25.5%	7.5%	13.2%
Weekly refuse removal	21.2%	4.0%	9.0%
Piped water inside dwelling	24.6%	6.9%	13.4%
Electricity for lighting	90.1%	52.8%	38.4%

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uMkhanyakude District Municipality (DC27)

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