Garden Route District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	838 457	611 278	574 265
Population under 15	22.2%	25.4%	25.9%
Population 15 to 64	67.6%	66.8%	66.3%
Population over 65	10.2%	7.8%	7.8%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	47.9	49.7	50.7
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	94.4	96.2	95.8
Population Growth
Per annum	3.67%	1.42%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	22.5%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	29.9%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	2.4%	2.9%	3.7%
Matric	n/a	33.9%	28.0%
Higher education	13.7%	9.0%	10.6%
Household Dynamics
Households	255 977	189 345	164 103
Average household size	3.3	3.2	3.5
Female headed households	n/a	36.1%	33.9%
Formal dwellings	89.0%	85.7%	83.8%
Housing owned	n/a	69.5%	55.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	93.7%	88.7%	85.2%
Weekly refuse removal	88.8%	88.8%	86.4%
Piped water inside dwelling	85.0%	75.8%	71.8%
Electricity for lighting	95.9%	95.6%	91.1%

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Garden Route District Municipality (DC4)

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