Walter Sisulu Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	104 213	87 263	77 477
Population under 15	28.3%	35.5%	32.1%
Population 15 to 64	64.6%	60.8%	62.0%
Population over 65	7.1%	3.7%	6.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	54.8	64.6	61.4
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.3	90.8	92.2
Population Growth
Per annum	2.88%	2.70%	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	8.4%	7.4%	12.7%
Matric	n/a	24.8%	19.2%
Higher education	9.1%	7.9%	8.7%
Household Dynamics
Households	34 171	23 706	21 874
Average household size	3.0	3.7	3.5
Female headed households	n/a	42.4%	42.4%
Formal dwellings	94.4%	89.3%	90.2%
Housing owned	n/a	60.9%	47.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	89.7%	83.0%	76.6%
Weekly refuse removal	84.4%	83.4%	82.1%
Piped water inside dwelling	66.7%	48.1%	45.4%
Electricity for lighting	94.7%	87.4%	87.0%

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Walter Sisulu Local Municipality (EC145)

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