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City of Johannesburg

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Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa

The City of Johannesburg Local Municipality is situated in Gauteng province and covers an area of 1 645km2. Also known as Jozi, Jo ‘burg, or Egoli it is the largest city in South Africa, and the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa (http://www.localgovernment.co.za).

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City of Johannesburg , Gauteng

4,434,827

City of Cape Town , Western Cape

3,740,026

Ethekwini , KwaZulu-Natal

3,442,361

Ekurhuleni , Gauteng

3,178,470

People

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2.9% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to 2011 census the City of Johannesburg Local Municipality has a total population of 4,4 million of which 76,4% are black African, 12,3% are white people, 5,6% are coloured people, and 4,9% are Indian/Asian. Of those 20 years and older 3,4%have completed primary school, 32,4% have some secondary education, 34,9% have completed matric, 19,2% have some form of higher education, and 2.9% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	76,4%
Coloured	5,6%
Indian/Asian	4,9%
White	12,3%
Other	0,8%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	7,2%
English	19,8%
IsiNdebele	2,9%
IsiXhosa	6,7%
IsiZulu	23,1%
Sepedi	7,2%
Sesotho	9,5%
Setswana	7,6%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0,8%
Tshivenda	3,2%
Xitsonga	6,5%
Other	3.8%
Not Applicable	1,5%

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Group	Percentage
Married	26,1%
Living together like married partners	10,4%
Never married	58,5%
Widower/Widow	2,6%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,8%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,3%
Some Primary	33,6%
Completed Primary	5%
Some Secondary	30%
Completed Secondary	20,8%
Higher Education	5,3%
Not Applicable	2,1%

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

Living Conditions

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90,8% of households have access to electricity

There is 1 434 856 households in the municipality with an average household size of 2,8 persons per household. 64,7% of households have access to piped water, 26,9% have water in their yard and only 1,4% of households do not have access piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	99,8%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	0,2%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	94,4%	5,6%
Computer	33,6%	66,4%
Television	83,8%	16,2%
Satellite Television	34%	66%
Radio	71,4%	28,6%
Landline / Telephone	21,2%	78,8%
Motor Car	38,2%	61,8%
Refrigerator	74,6%	25,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	86,8%	13,2%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	87,4%	82,1%	90,8%
Gas	3,4%	3,7%	0,2%
Paraffin	8,1%	4,7%	1,7%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	6,9%
Wood	0,2%	1,9%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,9%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,5%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	6,3%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	14,4%
From Cellphone	18,1%
From Work	8,6%
From Elsewhere	8,5%
No Access	50,4%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	41,2%
Owned and fully paid off	23,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	16,5%
Occupied rent free	15,9%
Other	2,7%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	95,6%
Borehole	1%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,1%
River/Stream	0%
Water vendor	0,4%
Water tanker	1,5%
Other	1,1%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	0,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	87,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2,3%
Chemical toilet	1,1%
Pit toilet with ventilation	3,4%
Pit toilet without ventilation	2,6%
Bucket toilet	2%
Other	0,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	95,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,6%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	1,3%
No rubbish disposal	0,5%
Other	0,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	95,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,6%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	1,3%
No rubbish disposal	0,5%
Other	0,2%

Economy

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31,5% Youth unemployment rate

There are 2 261 490 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the City of Johannesburg; of these 25,0% are unemployed. Of the 1 228 666 economically active youth (15–35 years) in the area, 31,5% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	1696520
Unemployed	564970
Discouraged Work Seeker	105882
Not Economically Active	855234

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Income	Percentage
None income	16,8%
R1 - R4,800	3,1%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,4%
R9,601 - R19,600	10,7%
R19,601 - R38,200	16,8%
R38,201 - R76,4000	14,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	9,1%
R307,601 - R614,400	7,7%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	4,5%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	1,6%
R2,457,601+	0,8%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	18,270
Poultry production	21,966
Vegetable production	47,746
Production of other crops	23,481
Other	46,292

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	38,361
Animals only	9,203
Mixed farming	18,075
Other	14,678

**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	18,100
R1-R4 800	2,886
R4 801-R38 400	26,750
R38 401-R307 200	20,120
R307 201+	9,229
Unspecified	3,231

Agricultural households municipal data per province
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Eastern Cape (download)
Northern Cape (download)
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North West (download)
Gauteng (download)
Mpumalanga (download)
Limpopo (download)

**Please note that each province contains twenty five tables

Place names

Places in City of Johannesburg Municipality
Alexandra Chartwell City of Johannesburg NU Dainfern Diepsloot Drie Ziek Ebony Park Ennerdale Farmall Itsoseng Ivory Park Johannesburg Kaalfontein Kagiso Kanana Park Lakeside Lanseria Lawley Lehae Lenasia Lenasia South Lucky 7 Malatjie Mayibuye Midrand Millgate Farm Orange Farm Poortjie Rabie Ridge Randburg Randfontein Rietfontein Roodepoort Sandton Soweto Stretford Tshepisong Vlakfontein Zakariyya Park Zevenfontein

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	4,434,827
Young (0-14)	23,2%
Working Age (15-64)	72,7%
Elderly (65+)	4,1%
Dependency ratio	37,6
Sex ratio	100,7
Growth rate	3,18% (2001-2011)
Population density	2696 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	25%
Youth unemployment rate	31,5%
No schooling aged 20+	2,9%
Higher education aged 20+	19,2%
Matric aged 20+	34,7%
Number of households	1,434,856
Number of Agricultural households	80,316
Average household size	2,8
Female headed households	36,2%
Formal dwellings	81,4%
Housing owned/paying off	40,2%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	87,1%
Weekly refuse removal	95,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	64,7%
Electricity for lighting	90,8%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	3,226,055
Young (0-14)	22,7%
Working Age (15-64)	72,7%
Elderly (65+)	4,1%
Dependency ratio	36,6%
Sex ratio	99,3
Growth rate	4,02% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	37,4%
Youth unemployment rate	45,5%
No schooling aged 20+	7,3%
Higher education aged 20+	13,9%
Matric aged 20+	29%
Number of households	1,006,910
Average household size	3
Female headed households	38,3%
Formal dwellings	77,4%
Housing owned/paying off	47,2%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	82,3%
Weekly refuse removal	90,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	50,1%
Electricity for lighting	85%

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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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