Nkangala District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	1 588 684	1 445 624	1 308 129
Population under 15	26.7%	27.3%	28.5%
Population 15 to 64	67.3%	68.6%	66.5%
Population over 65	6.0%	4.1%	5.0%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	48.5	45.8	50.4
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	96.2	102.2	100.7
Population Growth
Per annum	1.89%	2.27%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	30.0%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	39.6%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	9.4%	9.0%	11.5%
Matric	n/a	35.0%	29.4%
Higher education	7.6%	8.7%	9.4%
Household Dynamics
Households	483 169	421 144	356 902
Average household size	3.3	3.4	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	35.5%	36.2%
Formal dwellings	91.3%	81.6%	82.8%
Housing owned	n/a	62.8%	58.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	62.0%	51.5%	50.9%
Weekly refuse removal	58.5%	47.9%	48.3%
Piped water inside dwelling	53.3%	39.3%	40.6%
Electricity for lighting	91.7%	85.4%	85.7%

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Nkangala District Municipality (DC31)

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