Knysna Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	96 055	73 835	68 659
Population under 15	20.9%	24.8%	24.8%
Population 15 to 64	66.9%	67.1%	66.9%
Population over 65	12.3%	8.2%	8.3%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	49.6	49.1	49.5
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	95.3	97.9	97.9
Population Growth
Per annum	3.26%	1.65%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	24.8%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	32.3%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	2.2%	3.7%	2.6%
Matric	n/a	32.4%	29.7%
Higher education	14.5%	10.8%	12.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	32 398	25 877	21 893
Average household size	3.0	2.9	3.1
Female headed households	n/a	37.2%	34.3%
Formal dwellings	83.7%	80.4%	73.8%
Housing owned	n/a	70.0%	58.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	90.6%	82.0%	76.1%
Weekly refuse removal	89.3%	93.1%	93.0%
Piped water inside dwelling	82.6%	75.5%	67.3%
Electricity for lighting	93.9%	93.7%	88.8%

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Knysna Local Municipality (WC048)

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