Waterberg District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	762 862	745 758	679 336
Population under 15	27.9%	34.4%	29.9%
Population 15 to 64	64.5%	60.5%	64.3%
Population over 65	7.5%	5.1%	5.8%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	54.9	65.4	55.5
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	96.7	104.7	102.1
Population Growth
Per annum	1.13%	2.12%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	28.1%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	35.5%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	8.3%	7.1%	12.4%
Matric	n/a	27.6%	23.2%
Higher education	9.7%	9.0%	8.5%
Household Dynamics
Households	248 526	211 471	179 858
Average household size	3.1	3.5	3.8
Female headed households	n/a	40.9%	42.7%
Formal dwellings	91.6%	85.0%	87.0%
Housing owned	n/a	63.6%	47.7%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	57.6%	43.8%	47.8%
Weekly refuse removal	52.6%	44.4%	44.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	44.7%	24.4%	30.7%
Electricity for lighting	92.9%	86.1%	86.7%

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Waterberg District Municipality (DC36)

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