Overberg District Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	359 446	286 786	258 176
Population under 15	20.4%	26.1%	24.1%
Population 15 to 64	69.3%	66.2%	67.6%
Population over 65	10.4%	7.7%	8.3%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	44.3	51.0	47.9
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	97.0	100.1	100.4
Population Growth
Per annum	3.21%	2.39%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	17.0%
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	22.9%
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	2.9%	3.2%	4.0%
Matric	n/a	27.7%	23.0%
Higher education	13.6%	9.7%	11.2%
Household Dynamics
Households	134 798	91 835	77 194
Average household size	2.7	3.1	3.3
Female headed households	n/a	31.9%	30.7%
Formal dwellings	87.5%	81.8%	81.9%
Housing owned	n/a	50.5%	51.0%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	93.8%	86.7%	89.6%
Weekly refuse removal	84.9%	87.1%	83.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	84.6%	78.6%	76.1%
Electricity for lighting	95.6%	93.9%	91.2%

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Overberg District Municipality (DC3)

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