Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	297 055	267 011	250 776
Population under 15	27.6%	35.7%	31.0%
Population 15 to 64	63.9%	59.3%	61.8%
Population over 65	8.5%	5.0%	7.2%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	56.5	68.7	61.7
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.1	90.4	90.6
Population Growth
Per annum	1.64%	1.43%	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	6.7%	8.4%	9.7%
Matric	n/a	26.7%	20.0%
Higher education	10.8%	9.5%	9.9%
Household Dynamics
Households	96 791	65 146	68 354
Average household size	3.1	4.1	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	48.2%	48.4%
Formal dwellings	96.0%	85.7%	87.7%
Housing owned	n/a	56.3%	60.4%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	72.2%	57.5%	61.8%
Weekly refuse removal	40.9%	49.8%	54.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	55.0%	40.4%	42.4%
Electricity for lighting	96.5%	92.4%	88.7%

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Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EC139)

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