Central Karoo District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	102 173	74 247	71 011
Population under 15	27.6%	25.4%	30.5%
Population 15 to 64	65.9%	67.4%	63.3%
Population over 65	6.5%	7.2%	6.2%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	51.8	48.3	58.0
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	92.0	93.8	95.9
Population Growth
Per annum	3.53%	1.01%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	23.1%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	30.9%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	5.2%	5.8%	10.1%
Matric	n/a	29.5%	21.5%
Higher education	6.7%	3.2%	7.0%
Household Dynamics
Households	27 290	21 980	19 075
Average household size	3.7	3.4	3.7
Female headed households	n/a	40.8%	38.2%
Formal dwellings	98.8%	97.8%	97.0%
Housing owned	n/a	68.1%	56.9%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	97.5%	93.7%	89.1%
Weekly refuse removal	81.5%	90.8%	78.7%
Piped water inside dwelling	87.1%	73.8%	77.2%
Electricity for lighting	96.6%	95.1%	89.4%

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Central Karoo District Municipality (DC5)

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