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Beaufort West

Quick Fact

According Census 2011, Beaufort West Local Municipality has a total population of 49 586.

1,36% Growth Rate

Beaufort West Local Municipality is located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and forms part of the Central Karoo District Municipality.

On 03 February 1837, a proclamation appeared in the Government Gazette stating that Beaufort had been granted municipal government, and thus it became the first municipality in South Africa.To avoid confusion with Fort Beaufort and Port Beaufort, the name “Beaufort” was changed to “Beaufort West” in the 1860’s (www.beaufortwestmun.co.za).

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People

Quick Fact

Of those aged 20 years and older 10,2% have no form of schooling.

According Census 2011, Beaufort West Local Municipality has a total population of 49 586, of which 16,3% are black African, 73,5% are coloured people, 9,2% are white people, with the other population groups making up the remaining 0,5%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 7,5% have completed primary school, 34,6% have some secondary education, 23,7% have completed matric and 6,5% have some form of higher education. Of those aged 20 years and older 10,2% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	16,3%
Coloured	73,5%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	9,2%
Other	0,5%

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Age	Males	Females
0-4	5,8%	5,4%
5-9	5,1%	5,1%
10-14	5%	5,1%
15-19	4,5%	4,3%
20-24	3,9%	4,1%
25-29	3,7%	3,8%
30-34	3,1%	3,4%
35-39	3,2%	3,4%
40-44	3,2%	3,4%
45-49	2,8%	2,8%
50-54	2,5%	2,8%
55-59	2%	2,2%
60-64	1,5%	1,7%
65-69	1%	1,2%
70-74	0,7%	1%
75-79	0,4%	0,6%
80-84	0,2%	0,3%
85+	0,2%	0,3%

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	81,7%
English	2,4%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	10,4%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,5%
Setswana	0,5%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.4%
Not Applicable	3,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	24,1%
Living together like married partners	10,7%
Never married	59,4%
Widower/Widow	4%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	1,2%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,2%
Some Primary	44,2%
Completed Primary	7,3%
Some Secondary	29,6%
Completed Secondary	11,2%
Higher Education	1%
Not Applicable	2,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,3%
Male	48,7%

Living Conditions

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92,0% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 13 089 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,6persons per household.

Almost 97,4% of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard. Only 0,6% of households do not have access to piped water, and 92,0% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	85,6%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	14,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	75,4%	24,6%
Computer	16,7%	83,3%
Television	78,6%	21,4%
Satellite Television	25,4%	74,6%
Radio	74%	26%
Landline / Telephone	18,7%	81,3%
Motor Car	28,7%	71,3%
Refrigerator	72,2%	27,8%
Electric / Gas-Stove	84,6%	15,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	84,7%	67,1%	92%
Gas	3,7%	1,5%	0,3%
Paraffin	1,5%	3,9%	0,4%
Solar	0,2%	0,4%	1,6%
Candles	0%	0%	5,4%
Wood	9,4%	18,8%	0%
Coal	0,2%	0,5%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	7,8%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,2%
From Cellphone	11,4%
From Work	2,5%
From Elsewhere	3,3%
No Access	76,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	21,1%
Owned and fully paid off	46,7%
Owned but not yet paid off	14%
Occupied rent free	16,3%
Other	2%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	79,6%
Borehole	16,1%
Spring	0,7%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,4%
River/Stream	0,1%
Water vendor	0,1%
Water tanker	0,5%
Other	0,3%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	83,2%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	9,2%
Chemical toilet	0,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	2,7%
Pit toilet without ventilation	1%
Bucket toilet	0,6%
Other	0,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	83,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	13,6%
No rubbish disposal	0,8%
Other	0,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	83,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	13,6%
No rubbish disposal	0,8%
Other	0,4%

Economy

Quick Fact

34,5% are unemployed.

There are 14 784 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, and of these 25,5% are unemployed.

Of the 6 969 economically active youth (aged 15 – 34) in the municipality, 34,5% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	11012
Unemployed	3772
Discouraged Work Seeker	2572
Not Economically Active	13695

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Income	Percentage
None income	9,5%
R1 - R4,800	3,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,8%
R9,601 - R19,600	21,7%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,8%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,3%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,9%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,2%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,7%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	878
Poultry production	853
Vegetable production	284
Production of other crops	239
Other	364

**An agricultural household may engage in more than one agricultural activity

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	196
Animals only	1,008
Mixed farming	287
Other	103

**An agricultural household may not fall under more than one agricultural activity

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Income category of agricultural households
Annual income category of agricultural household heads	Number
No income	176
R1-R4 800	19
R4 801-R38 400	813
R38 401-R307 200	426
R307 201+	94
Unspecified	66

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**Please note that each province contains twenty five tables

Place names

Places in Beaufort West Municipality
Beaufort West Beaufort West NU Kwa-Mandlenkosi Merweville Murraysburg Nelspoort New Town Rooivlakte Rustdene

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	49,586
Young (0-14)	31,5%
Working Age (15-64)	62,6%
Elderly (65+)	5,9%
Dependency ratio	59,7
Sex ratio	94,8
Growth rate	1,36% (2001-2011)
Population density	2 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	25,5%
Youth unemployment rate	34,5%
No schooling aged 20+	10,1%
Higher education aged 20+	6,5%
Matric aged 20+	23,6%
Number of households	13,089
Number of Agricultural households	1,593
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	37,7%
Formal dwellings	97,9%
Housing owned/paying off	60,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	83,2%
Weekly refuse removal	83,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	81,3%
Electricity for lighting	92%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	43,290
Young (0-14)	32,8%
Working Age (15-64)	62,6%
Elderly (65+)	5,7%
Dependency ratio	62,4%
Sex ratio	92,7
Growth rate	1,24% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	38,2%
Youth unemployment rate	49,7%
No schooling aged 20+	17,2%
Higher education aged 20+	6%
Matric aged 20+	16,4%
Number of households	10,540
Average household size	3,9
Female headed households	37,4%
Formal dwellings	95,8%
Housing owned/paying off	58,8%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	80,2%
Weekly refuse removal	82,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	57,5%
Electricity for lighting	86,6%

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Economic Stats

Joe de Beer (Deputy Director-General)
012 310 8024
082 888 2600
joedb@statssa.gov.za

Peter Perkins
(Economist)
012 310 8389
082 883 9532
peterp@statssa.gov.za

Social Stats

Gwen Lehloenya (Acting Deputy Director-General)
012 310 8333
082 888 2323
gwenL@statssa.gov.za

Neo Nghenavo
(Director)
012 310 8047
082 888 2613
neon@statssa.gov.za

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Topic	Contact	Alternative Contact
Consumer price index (CPI), Producer price index (PPI), Unit value indices: exports / imports, Construction materials price indices	Patrick Kelly (Chief Director) 012 310 8290 082 888 2248 patrickke@statssa.gov.za	Marietjie Bennett (Director) 012 310 8077 082 888 2194 marietjieb@statssa.gov.za
Government finance: national and provincial government	Moses Mnyaka (Chief Director) 012 310 8984 / 8586 083 471 3531 mosesmn@statssa.gov.za	Elizabeth Makhafola (Director) 012 310 8977 082 888 9062 elizabethma@statssa.gov.za
Government finance: local government	Moses Mnyaka (Chief Director) 012 310 8984 / 8586 083 471 3531 mosesmn@statssa.gov.za	Malibongwe Mhemhe (Director) 012 310 6928 082 906 8964 malibongwem@statssa.gov.za
Supply and use tables, Satellite accounts, Regional GDP	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za
Gross domestic product (GDP), production	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za	Bontlenyana Makhoba(Chief Economist) 012 310 8567 bontlenyanam@statssa.gov.za
Gross domestic product (GDP), expenditure	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za	Litshani Ligudu (Director) 012 310 4674 082 884 4279 litshanil@statssa.gov.za
Environmental-economic accounts	Gerhardt Bouwer (Chief Director) 012 310 8241 082 888 2409 gerhardb@statssa.gov.za	Riaan Grobler (Director) 012 406 3474 084 515 2908 riaang@statssa.gov.za
Mining, manufacturing, electricity, capacity utilisation	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Nicolai Claassen (Director) 012 310 8007 076 759 0200 nicolaic@statssa.gov.za
Retail, wholesale, motor, land transport	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Keshnee Naidoo (Director) 012 310 8423 083 689 5341 keshneen@statssa.gov.za
Building, liquidations, civil cases for debt, food & beverages, tourist accommodation	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Joyce Essel-Mensah (Director) 012 310 8255 082 888 2374 joycee@statssa.gov.za
Annual financial statistics (AFS)	Sagaren Pillay (Chief Director) 012 310 4619 082 905 2665 sagarenp@statssa.gov.za	Amukelani Ngobeni (Director) 012 310 2938 082 677 4536 amukelanin@statssa.gov.za
Quarterly financial statistics (QFS)	Sagaren Pillay (Chief Director) 012 310 4619 082 905 2665 sagarenp@statssa.gov.za	Krisseelan Govinden (Director) 012 310 4651 082 901 7960 krisseelang@statssa.gov.za
Structural industry statistics (large sample surveys of industries every 3 to 5 years; agriculture)	Itani Magwaba (Chief Director) 012 337 6471 / 6254 082 905 5143 itanim@statssa.gov.za	Tshepo Pekane (Director) 012 310 8191 083 675 8654 tshepop@statssa.gov.za
Population Statistics (Census and Community Survey)	Christine Khoza (Chief Director) 012 310 2185 071 670 2672 christinek@statssa.gov.za	Angela Ngyende (Chief Statistician) 012 310 4699 079 519 3212 angelan@statssa.gov.za
Demography-Mid-year Population Estimates	Diego Iturralde (Chief Director) 012 310 8922 082 413 2661 diegoi@statssa.gov.za	Chantal Munthree (Chief Statistician) 012 310 6648 082 888 2289 chantalMu@statssa.gov.za
Labour Statistics- Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS)	Malerato Mosiane (Acting Chief Director) 012 310 8688 082 888 2449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za	Desiree Manamela (Director) 012 310 2145 071 681 2768 DesireeM@statssa.gov.za Malerato Mosiane (Chief Statistician) 012 310 8688 082 888 2449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za
Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES)	Malerato Mosiane (Acting Chief Director) 012 310 8688 082 8882449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za	Matlapane Masupye (Acting Director) 012 310 8168 082 317 5340 matlapanem@statssa.gov.za
Tourism Statistics (Domestic Tourism Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Brenda Mosima (Director) 012 310 8168 082 906 7925 BrendaMo@statssa.gov.za
Crime and Safety Statistics (Victims of Crime Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Joseph Lukhwareni (Director) 012 310 8485 082 888 2486 JosephL@statssa.gov.za
Service Delivery Statistics (General Household Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Niel Roux (Director) 012 310 2939 082 904 7919 NielR@statssa.gov.za
Transport Statistics (National Travel Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Solly Molayi (Director) 012 310 6442 083 440 7035 SollyMol@statssa.gov.za
Gender Statistics	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Tshepo Mabela (Director) 012 310 8587 082 941 9383 TshepoMab@statssa.gov.za
Mortality and Causes of Deaths	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Tourism and Migration	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Ramadimetja Matji(Director) 012 406 33011 071 670 3272 ramadimetjaM@statssa.gov.za
Registered Births	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Marriages and Divorces	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Ramadimetja Matji(Director) 012 406 33011 071 670 3272 ramadimetjaM@statssa.gov.za
Living Conditions Survey	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Income and Expenditure Survey	Nozipho Shabalala (Chief Director ) 012 310 6994 082 904 8896 Noziphos@statssa.gov.za	Werner Ruch (Director) 012 310 6318 082 906 7967 wernerr@statssa.gov.za

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