Swellendam Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	47 114	40 211	35 916
Population under 15	21.8%	27.8%	26.1%
Population 15 to 64	70.0%	65.8%	66.6%
Population over 65	8.2%	6.4%	7.3%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	42.8	52.0	50.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	99.0	100.3	99.3
Population Growth
Per annum	2.63%	2.57%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	11.4%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	15.0%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	3.0%	3.7%	5.4%
Matric	n/a	32.0%	20.7%
Higher education	11.2%	7.1%	9.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	15 477	11 678	10 139
Average household size	3.0	3.4	3.5
Female headed households	n/a	28.3%	29.2%
Formal dwellings	90.9%	96.0%	88.3%
Housing owned	n/a	65.9%	56.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	96.0%	93.9%	85.7%
Weekly refuse removal	79.8%	86.5%	74.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	86.6%	86.3%	78.9%
Electricity for lighting	95.4%	96.9%	94.0%

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Swellendam Local Municipality (WC034)

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