John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	272 454	242 264	224 799
Population under 15	31.4%	31.9%	34.0%
Population 15 to 64	62.9%	63.3%	61.2%
Population over 65	5.7%	4.8%	4.8%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	59.0	57.9	63.3
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	90.1	96.5	94.1
Population Growth
Per annum	1.87%	1.70%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	29.7%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	37.2%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	10.1%	9.8%	14.6%
Matric	n/a	25.5%	20.5%
Higher education	5.5%	6.8%	7.9%
Household Dynamics
Households	66 347	72 310	61 328
Average household size	4.1	3.4	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	40.6%	43.1%
Formal dwellings	88.2%	80.6%	76.6%
Housing owned	n/a	76.1%	55.1%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	35.7%	27.3%	29.7%
Weekly refuse removal	29.1%	24.0%	26.0%
Piped water inside dwelling	28.7%	19.2%	22.6%
Electricity for lighting	91.3%	86.3%	87.0%

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John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality (DC45)

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