Beaufort West Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	72 972	51 080	49 586
Population under 15	27.7%	26.6%	31.5%
Population 15 to 64	65.8%	66.5%	62.6%
Population over 65	6.5%	6.9%	5.9%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	52.0	50.5	59.7
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	91.4	92.7	94.8
Population Growth
Per annum	3.75%	0.67%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	25.5%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	34.5%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.2%	5.4%	10.1%
Matric	n/a	31.8%	23.6%
Higher education	6.8%	3.8%	6.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	19 216	14 935	13 088
Average household size	3.8	3.4	3.8
Female headed households	n/a	39.8%	37.7%
Formal dwellings	99.4%	99.6%	97.9%
Housing owned	n/a	66.4%	60.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	98.0%	95.3%	92.4%
Weekly refuse removal	79.6%	91.7%	83.7%
Piped water inside dwelling	87.2%	77.9%	81.3%
Electricity for lighting	97.3%	96.0%	92.0%

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Beaufort West Local Municipality (WC053)

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