City of Mbombela Local Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	818 925	695 913	658 604
Population under 15	27.9%	32.2%	29.6%
Population 15 to 64	67.6%	63.9%	66.2%
Population over 65	4.6%	3.9%	4.2%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	48.0	56.6	51.1
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	93.6	97.8	95.7
Population Growth
Per annum	2.12%	1.25%	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	11.0%	11.7%	11.7%
Matric	n/a	37.2%	32.6%
Higher education	9.2%	9.3%	12.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	215 004	206 136	181 966
Average household size	3.8	3.4	3.6
Female headed households	n/a	38.8%	38.5%
Formal dwellings	96.2%	90.6%	91.6%
Housing owned	n/a	80.9%	64.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	45.7%	27.6%	35.7%
Weekly refuse removal	42.3%	29.0%	33.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	41.6%	25.2%	37.7%
Electricity for lighting	97.8%	95.0%	88.9%

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City of Mbombela Local Municipality (MP326)

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