uThukela District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	789 092	706 588	668 072
Population under 15	30.5%	37.1%	36.8%
Population 15 to 64	63.5%	58.6%	58.5%
Population over 65	6.0%	4.3%	4.7%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	57.5	70.6	70.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	87.2	89.5	87.0
Population Growth
Per annum	1.62%	1.27%	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	9.9%	10.0%	14.0%
Matric	n/a	33.3%	26.5%
Higher education	7.6%	6.6%	6.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	172 197	161 788	147 143
Average household size	4.6	4.4	4.5
Female headed households	n/a	52.7%	52.7%
Formal dwellings	84.1%	69.8%	65.9%
Housing owned	n/a	79.0%	51.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	46.5%	29.0%	33.9%
Weekly refuse removal	45.2%	31.3%	33.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	40.7%	22.3%	28.7%
Electricity for lighting	94.8%	85.4%	74.5%

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uThukela District Municipality (DC23)

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