Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

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Demographic Information

Age Structure
	2022	2016	2011
Population	975 255	834 997	781 853
Population under 15	24.8%	31.6%	26.5%
Population 15 to 64	67.4%	64.4%	67.4%
Population over 65	7.8%	4.1%	6.1%
Dependency Ratio
Per 100 (15-64)	48.3	55.4	48.4
Sex Ratio
Males per 100 females	89.9	93.8	90.4
Population Growth
Per annum	2.15%	1.52%	n/a
Labour Market
Unemployment rate (official)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Youth unemployment rate (official) 15-34	n/a	n/a	n/a
Education (aged 20 +)
No schooling	4.1%	4.0%	5.1%
Matric	n/a	31.0%	26.2%
Higher education	15.0%	13.7%	13.2%
Household Dynamics
Households	268 438	253 477	230 764
Average household size	3.6	3.3	3.4
Female headed households	n/a	45.3%	45.9%
Formal dwellings	85.6%	70.2%	71.9%
Housing owned	n/a	54.2%	50.5%
Household Services
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	80.7%	73.1%	69.1%
Weekly refuse removal	71.3%	57.1%	68.2%
Piped water inside dwelling	65.7%	50.2%	51.0%
Electricity for lighting	94.6%	86.6%	80.9%

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Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BUF)

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