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Bela-Bela

Quick Fact

Bela-Bela has household population of 66 500.

2,44% Growth Rate

Belabela is home to one of the world’smost famous hot mineral water springs, bubbling 22 000 litres per hour, with a temperature of 53°C.The natural hot water is rich in sodium chloride, calcium carbonate and other salts that have healing properties.Belabelaremains one of the most popular health and holiday resort towns in South Africa and a preferred destination for local and foreign tourists.The area has pleasantly mild climate during the winter months and an average of 286 sunny days per year,which adds to the popularity of the destination.

Geographically, BelabelaLocal Municipality is strategically positioned in the Waterberg District Municipality of the Limpopo province. Belabela shares borders with Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West provinces. South Africa’s famous national route, N1, runs through the municipality and the town’s main Central Business District (CBD) area is only 10km away from this major route. Belabelais 174 km from the provincial capital Polokwane.

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People

Quick Fact

9,7% of those 20+ have no schooling.

Of the 66 500 people living in the municipality, 84,8% are black African, 12,9% are white, with other population groups making up the remaining 2,3%.

Amongst those aged 20 years and above, 26,3% completed matric, 9,5% have some form of higher education, and 9,7% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	84,8%
Coloured	1,5%
Indian/Asian	0,6%
White	12,9%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	13%
English	3,9%
IsiNdebele	3%
IsiXhosa	0,6%
IsiZulu	1,5%
Sepedi	37%
Sesotho	5,4%
Setswana	16,1%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0,3%
Tshivenda	1,2%
Xitsonga	10,2%
Other	4%
Not Applicable	3,7%

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Group	Percentage
Married	24,3%
Living together like married partners	7,2%
Never married	64,1%
Widower/Widow	2,8%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	1,1%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,3%
Some Primary	40,8%
Completed Primary	6,2%
Some Secondary	31,5%
Completed Secondary	10,6%
Higher Education	1,4%
Not Applicable	6,2%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	49,2%
Male	50,8%

Living Conditions

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85,0% Use electricity for lighting.

Of the 18 068 households in the municipality, 41,9% have access to piped water in their dwelling or in the yard, 3,2% of households have no access to piped water and 85,0% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	70,7%
Tribal/Traditional	7,6%
Farm	21,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	88,6%	11,4%
Computer	18,3%	81,7%
Television	72,9%	27,1%
Satellite Television	24,7%	75,3%
Radio	63,1%	36,9%
Landline / Telephone	9,9%	90,1%
Motor Car	28,3%	71,7%
Refrigerator	66,8%	33,2%
Electric / Gas-Stove	76,5%	23,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	75,6%	65,8%	85%
Gas	4%	1,7%	0,3%
Paraffin	8,9%	3,5%	0,7%
Solar	0,1%	0,3%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	13,5%
Wood	11%	13,2%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	15,3%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,3%
From Cellphone	13,8%
From Work	3,6%
From Elsewhere	3%
No Access	73,4%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	27,9%
Owned and fully paid off	37,6%
Owned but not yet paid off	6,1%
Occupied rent free	22,1%
Other	6,3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	70,5%
Borehole	25,3%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,9%
River/Stream	0,2%
Water vendor	1%
Water tanker	1%
Other	0,9%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,4%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	69,7%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	9,2%
Chemical toilet	1,9%
Pit toilet with ventilation	2,9%
Pit toilet without ventilation	10,8%
Bucket toilet	1,8%
Other	1,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	64,2%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,4%
Communal refuse dump	1,8%
Own refuse dump	24,4%
No rubbish disposal	6,1%
Other	2,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	64,2%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,4%
Communal refuse dump	1,8%
Own refuse dump	24,4%
No rubbish disposal	6,1%
Other	2,2%

Economy

Quick Fact

29,8% Youth unemployment rate.

Tourism and agriculture are the main contributing industries to the economy of Belabela.

Belabelahas two mayor holiday resorts (Belabela Forever and ATKV Kleinkariba), plenty of large game farms (Zebula, Mabula, Mabalingwe, etc.), the Eliments Golf Estate and a few other game farms and estates.

Agricultural production includes fruit, vegetables, cattle, grains and game.

The contribution of the mining sector towards local economic development in BelaBela is insignificant. Although diamond resources are sufficiently available, there is an inadequate supply of precious metals, particularly gold. Other metals are found on a limited scale and include manganese, copper, tin and cobalt. The supply of calcite, refractory clay and fluorspar is sufficient. The distribution of limestone industrial mineral is small, with a medium scale supply of sandstone in the area.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	20720
Unemployed	6002
Discouraged Work Seeker	1057
Not Economically Active	16099

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,8%
R1 - R4,800	3,1%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,7%
R9,601 - R19,600	19,5%
R19,601 - R38,200	24,5%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,2%
R153,801 - R307,600	6%
R307,601 - R614,400	2,5%
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	696
Poultry production	904
Vegetable production	739
Production of other crops	572
Other	614

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	775
Animals only	891
Mixed farming	376
Other	163

**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	530
R1-R4 800	57
R4 801-R38 400	1,068
R38 401-R307 200	421
R307 201+	64
Unspecified	66

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Place names

Places in Bela-Bela Municipality
Bela-Bela Bela-Bela NU Lebogang Pienaarsrivier Rapotokwane Rust De Winter Settlers Vingerkraal Welgegund Village

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	66,500
Young (0-14)	28,1%
Working Age (15-64)	66%
Elderly (65+)	5,9%
Dependency ratio	51,6
Sex ratio	103,1
Growth rate	2,44% (2001-2011)
Population density	20 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	22,5%
Youth unemployment rate	29,8%
No schooling aged 20+	9,7%
Higher education aged 20+	9,5%
Matric aged 20+	26,2%
Number of households	18,068
Number of Agricultural households	2,206
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	37,5%
Formal dwellings	86,3%
Housing owned/paying off	43,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	69,7%
Weekly refuse removal	64,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	41,9%
Electricity for lighting	85%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	52,124
Young (0-14)	32,4%
Working Age (15-64)	66%
Elderly (65+)	5,9%
Dependency ratio	62,2%
Sex ratio	93,5
Growth rate	1,82% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	32,6%
Youth unemployment rate	42%
No schooling aged 20+	16,2%
Higher education aged 20+	8%
Matric aged 20+	16,9%
Number of households	12,335
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	36,7%
Formal dwellings	79,3%
Housing owned/paying off	56,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	65,2%
Weekly refuse removal	62,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	23,3%
Electricity for lighting	72%

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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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