ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	283 624	252 692	236 783
Population under 15	26.8%	26.9%	28.4%
Population 15 to 64	67.3%	68.1%	66.4%
Population over 65	5.9%	5.0%	5.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	48.5	46.9	50.5
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	95.3	105.0	103.0
Population Growth
Per annum	1.75%	1.48%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	19.2%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	22.7%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.0%	6.1%	9.5%
Matric	n/a	28.5%	21.7%
Higher education	5.4%	5.1%	6.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	70 433	74 091	61 097
Average household size	4.0	3.4	3.9
Female headed households	n/a	35.5%	35.7%
Formal dwellings	78.1%	75.9%	79.4%
Housing owned	n/a	62.5%	49.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	76.0%	65.7%	72.2%
Weekly refuse removal	65.2%	67.6%	70.3%
Piped water inside dwelling	57.7%	45.6%	48.5%
Electricity for lighting	91.9%	85.5%	86.6%

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ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (DC8)

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