Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	1 624 144	1 657 148	1 507 505
Population under 15	26.3%	30.3%	26.4%
Population 15 to 64	67.7%	64.8%	68.3%
Population over 65	5.9%	4.8%	5.3%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	47.6	54.3	46.4
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	103.3	112.3	111.4
Population Growth
Per annum	0.73%	2.15%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	30.7%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	39.1%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.5%	5.5%	7.5%
Matric	n/a	32.5%	28.5%
Higher education	6.9%	6.5%	7.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	531 492	611 144	501 686
Average household size	3.1	2.7	3.0
Female headed households	n/a	30.1%	32.1%
Formal dwellings	84.2%	70.6%	68.8%
Housing owned	n/a	61.4%	47.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	54.1%	34.8%	37.2%
Weekly refuse removal	57.5%	57.2%	49.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	41.6%	19.5%	26.0%
Electricity for lighting	94.1%	87.6%	84.2%

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Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (DC37)

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