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Bergrivier

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Growth rate 2.85%

Bergrivier Local Municipality, with its central administration in Piketberg, serves an area of 4 407 km2 in the Western Cape. It governs the towns of Redelinghuys, Eendekuil, Aurora, Velddrif, Porterville, Piketberg, Dwarskersbos, Laaiplek, Goedverwacht and Wittewater.

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158

Bergrivier , Western Cape

61,897

159

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61,176

160

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60,355

161

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60,324

162

People

Quick Fact

6.4% No schooling aged 20+

According to Census 2011, the Bergrivier Local Municipality has a total population estimated at 61 897, of which 11,3% are black African, 16,9% are white, 70,9% are coloured, and 0,4% are Indian/Asian. Of those aged 20 years and older, 9,3% have completed primary school, 35,5% have some secondary education, 22,3% have completed matric, and 7,7% have some form of higher education, while 6,4% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

Language spoken

Afrikaans is the most spoken language in the municipality at 84,9%. 3,5% of the population speaks Xhosa, and 2,4% speak English.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	11,3%
Coloured	70,9%
Indian/Asian	0,4%
White	16,9%
Other	0,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	84,9%
English	2,4%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	3,5%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	0,6%
Setswana	0,8%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.7%
Not Applicable	6,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	30,4%
Living together like married partners	7,9%
Never married	55,8%
Widower/Widow	4,2%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	1,3%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,7%
Some Primary	41,3%
Completed Primary	7,1%
Some Secondary	30,5%
Completed Secondary	9%
Higher Education	0,8%
Not Applicable	7,6%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,4%
Male	48,6%

Living Conditions

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94.9% Use electricity for lighting

There are 16 275 households in the municipality with an average household size of 3,5 persons per household. Of these households, 83,5% have access to piped water inside their dwelling, 13,8% have access to water in their yard, and only 0,7% of households do not have access to piped water. 94,9% of households have access to electricity.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	60,3%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	39,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	82,2%	17,8%
Computer	24,9%	75,1%
Television	82,6%	17,4%
Satellite Television	26,8%	73,2%
Radio	67,2%	32,8%
Landline / Telephone	26,7%	73,3%
Motor Car	39,4%	60,6%
Refrigerator	79,2%	20,8%
Electric / Gas-Stove	90%	10%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	89,3%	74%	94,9%
Gas	5,7%	1,2%	0,3%
Paraffin	0,5%	0,5%	0,7%
Solar	0,1%	0,4%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	3,4%
Wood	3,7%	11,9%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,4%	11,8%	0,5%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	10,7%
From Cellphone	9,9%
From Work	3,5%
From Elsewhere	1,6%
No Access	74,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	25,2%
Owned and fully paid off	39,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	7,2%
Occupied rent free	21,5%
Other	6,8%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	66%
Borehole	16,9%
Spring	3%
Rain water tank	1,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	5%
River/Stream	4,2%
Water vendor	0,1%
Water tanker	2,5%
Other	1,1%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	4,1%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	72,2%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	17,2%
Chemical toilet	0,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,7%
Pit toilet without ventilation	0,3%
Bucket toilet	2%
Other	3,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	67%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	3,6%
Communal refuse dump	2,5%
Own refuse dump	25%
No rubbish disposal	1,2%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	67%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	3,6%
Communal refuse dump	2,5%
Own refuse dump	25%
No rubbish disposal	1,2%
Other	0,8%

Economy

Quick Fact

6.8% Unemployment rate

A total of 25 493 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) in the municipality; these, 6,8% are unemployed. Of the 11 485 economically active youth (15–34 years) in the area, 9,6% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	23761
Unemployed	1732
Discouraged Work Seeker	462
Not Economically Active	16183

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Income	Percentage
None income	9,3%
R1 - R4,800	1,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	1,9%
R9,601 - R19,600	13,5%
R19,601 - R38,200	22,3%
R38,201 - R76,4000	22,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	14%
R153,801 - R307,600	9,1%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,4%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,8%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,4%
R2,457,601+	0,4%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	562
Poultry production	530
Vegetable production	718
Production of other crops	606
Other	329

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	852
Animals only	561
Mixed farming	374
Other	126

**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	170
R1-R4 800	22
R4 801-R38 400	989
R38 401-R307 200	497
R307 201+	93
Unspecified	142

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Place names

Places in Bergrivier Municipality
Aurora Beaverlac Bergrivier NU De Hoek De Lust Dwarskersbos Eendekuil Goedverwacht Piketberg Porterville Redelinghuys Velddrif Wittewater

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	61,897
Young (0-14)	24,9%
Working Age (15-64)	68,1%
Elderly (65+)	7%
Dependency ratio	46,9
Sex ratio	94,4
Growth rate	2,85% (2001-2011)
Population density	14 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	6,8%
Youth unemployment rate	9,6%
No schooling aged 20+	6,4%
Higher education aged 20+	7,7%
Matric aged 20+	22,3%
Number of households	16,275
Number of Agricultural households	1,913
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	31,5%
Formal dwellings	93,4%
Housing owned/paying off	46,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	72,3%
Weekly refuse removal	67%
Piped water inside dwelling	83,5%
Electricity for lighting	94,9%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	46,538
Young (0-14)	26,7%
Working Age (15-64)	68,1%
Elderly (65+)	6,1%
Dependency ratio	48,8%
Sex ratio	99,7
Growth rate	4,33% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	7,6%
Youth unemployment rate	10%
No schooling aged 20+	10,4%
Higher education aged 20+	6,7%
Matric aged 20+	19,4%
Number of households	11,766
Average household size	3,3
Female headed households	33%
Formal dwellings	93,4%
Housing owned/paying off	50,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	51,5%
Weekly refuse removal	57,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	75,4%
Electricity for lighting	91,5%

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2001

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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