Saldanha Bay Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	154 635	111 173	99 193
Population under 15	23.6%	25.6%	25.3%
Population 15 to 64	69.3%	69.0%	69.5%
Population over 65	7.1%	5.5%	5.2%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	44.3	45.0	44.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	97.8	100.0	99.2
Population Growth
Per annum	4.31%	2.59%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	23.4%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	30.4%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	1.4%	2.5%	2.4%
Matric	n/a	30.0%	28.4%
Higher education	11.3%	6.3%	8.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	50 559	35 550	28 833
Average household size	3.1	3.1	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	32.9%	30.4%
Formal dwellings	87.7%	74.8%	81.7%
Housing owned	n/a	72.4%	62.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	93.2%	82.6%	96.2%
Weekly refuse removal	89.0%	86.5%	96.6%
Piped water inside dwelling	86.7%	74.8%	80.2%
Electricity for lighting	94.7%	85.9%	97.0%

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Saldanha Bay Local Municipality (WC014)

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