Sekhukhune District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	1 336 805	1 169 762	1 076 840
Population under 15	32.9%	32.5%	36.0%
Population 15 to 64	60.2%	62.1%	57.3%
Population over 65	6.9%	5.3%	6.7%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	66.1	61.0	74.7
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	89.0	88.3	85.9
Population Growth
Per annum	2.10%	1.88%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	50.9%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	60.6%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	15.1%	16.0%	20.9%
Matric	n/a	24.3%	21.0%
Higher education	6.5%	6.4%	5.8%
Household Dynamics
Households	340 753	290 527	263 802
Average household size	3.9	4.0	4.1
Female headed households	n/a	51.2%	52.9%
Formal dwellings	95.4%	87.6%	88.7%
Housing owned	n/a	74.9%	58.2%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	24.4%	5.9%	7.5%
Weekly refuse removal	22.8%	9.0%	8.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	25.0%	4.6%	9.3%
Electricity for lighting	94.1%	89.6%	85.9%

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Sekhukhune District Municipality (DC47)

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