uMzinyathi District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	649 261	554 882	514 028
Population under 15	34.7%	38.0%	40.2%
Population 15 to 64	59.3%	57.2%	54.6%
Population over 65	6.0%	4.8%	5.2%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	68.7	74.8	83.1
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	83.0	85.4	81.6
Population Growth
Per annum	2.27%	1.74%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	n/a
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	17.8%	21.1%	25.8%
Matric	n/a	26.9%	21.3%
Higher education	6.2%	6.4%	4.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	125 427	126 791	114 075
Average household size	5.2	4.4	4.5
Female headed households	n/a	58.9%	59.1%
Formal dwellings	72.0%	47.0%	54.0%
Housing owned	n/a	73.9%	59.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	34.9%	20.3%	21.2%
Weekly refuse removal	33.8%	18.7%	20.1%
Piped water inside dwelling	30.2%	13.3%	17.4%
Electricity for lighting	91.4%	69.7%	48.7%

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uMzinyathi District Municipality (DC24)

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