Zululand District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	942 794	892 310	803 575
Population under 15	34.3%	40.5%	39.5%
Population 15 to 64	60.2%	55.4%	55.8%
Population over 65	5.5%	4.1%	4.7%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	66.2	80.6	79.2
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	86.3	88.6	86.3
Population Growth
Per annum	1.55%	2.38%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	41.1%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	51.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	12.6%	12.2%	19.2%
Matric	n/a	32.4%	27.4%
Higher education	6.4%	7.5%	5.3%
Household Dynamics
Households	165 617	178 516	157 748
Average household size	5.7	5.0	5.1
Female headed households	n/a	53.8%	54.2%
Formal dwellings	86.7%	62.1%	73.1%
Housing owned	n/a	68.5%	60.6%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	36.6%	18.7%	23.0%
Weekly refuse removal	38.0%	22.3%	22.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	35.0%	14.6%	22.3%
Electricity for lighting	94.6%	84.7%	69.8%

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Zululand District Municipality (DC26)

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