Gert Sibande District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	1 283 459	1 135 409	1 043 194
Population under 15	27.3%	29.3%	31.6%
Population 15 to 64	67.6%	65.8%	63.9%
Population over 65	5.1%	4.9%	4.5%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	47.9	51.9	56.5
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	93.2	98.6	97.3
Population Growth
Per annum	2.01%	1.93%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	29.7%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	38.4%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	10.3%	10.8%	13.3%
Matric	n/a	32.4%	27.9%
Higher education	6.6%	7.9%	8.6%
Household Dynamics
Households	378 182	333 815	273 485
Average household size	3.4	3.4	3.8
Female headed households	n/a	39.1%	38.8%
Formal dwellings	88.0%	78.0%	72.4%
Housing owned	n/a	59.5%	50.6%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	73.2%	67.1%	66.0%
Weekly refuse removal	66.8%	54.3%	63.6%
Piped water inside dwelling	56.5%	34.3%	44.3%
Electricity for lighting	91.8%	88.5%	83.4%

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Gert Sibande District Municipality (DC30)

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