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Dannhauser

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-0,06% Population growth rate.

-0,06% Growth rate

Dannhauser Local Municipality falls within Amajuba District Municipality in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Named after Renier Dannhauser, a prominent farmer and German settler who purchased farms in the area in 1872 (Wikipedia), the municipality is predominantly rural, with only 10,1% of the population living in urban settlements.

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People

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8,9% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, the municipality has a total population of 102 161 individuals, 97,5% of whom are black African. Indian or Asians make up 1,4% of the population, and other race groups comprise the remaining 1,1%.

The dependency ratio for the municipality (i.e. the number of individuals aged 0–14 years and 65 years and above who are dependent on those of working age, 15–64 years) decreased from 82,6 per 100 individuals in 2001 to 76,3 in 2011.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 5,4% have completed primary school, 36,3% have some secondary education, 25,5% have completed matric and 3,7% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	97,5%
Coloured	0,3%
Indian/Asian	1,4%
White	0,8%
Other	0,1%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	0,7%
English	2,1%
IsiNdebele	0,8%
IsiXhosa	0,2%
IsiZulu	93,5%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	1%
Setswana	0,4%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.2%
Not Applicable	0,4%

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Group	Percentage
Married	11,3%
Living together like married partners	4%
Never married	81,6%
Widower/Widow	2,8%
Separated	0,2%
Divorced	0,2%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	1,7%
Some Primary	45,3%
Completed Primary	6,2%
Some Secondary	34,6%
Completed Secondary	11%
Higher Education	0,5%
Not Applicable	0,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52,6%
Male	47,4%

Living Conditions

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4 in 5 households (80,7%) have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 20 439 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 4,9 persons per household. Just over half of all households (50,7%) are headed by females. With regards to services, only 19,5% of households have access to piped water inside the dwelling, while 4 in 5 households (80,7%) have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	10,1%
Tribal/Traditional	82,1%
Farm	7,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	87,6%	12,4%
Computer	6,4%	93,6%
Television	69,7%	30,3%
Satellite Television	8,2%	91,8%
Radio	72,1%	27,9%
Landline / Telephone	4,6%	95,4%
Motor Car	17,1%	82,9%
Refrigerator	61,9%	38,1%
Electric / Gas-Stove	62,9%	37,1%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	52,1%	37,7%	80,7%
Gas	2,3%	1,3%	0,6%
Paraffin	6,8%	3,3%	0,8%
Solar	0,2%	0,1%	0,6%
Candles	0%	0%	17,1%
Wood	6,3%	8,9%	0%
Coal	28,7%	36,4%	0%
Animal Dung	2,4%	3,3%	0%
Other	0,8%	0,5%	0%
None	0,5%	8,6%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	1,7%
From Cellphone	13,3%
From Work	0,9%
From Elsewhere	4,5%
No Access	79,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	18,2%
Owned and fully paid off	40,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	4,9%
Occupied rent free	33,9%
Other	2,3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	72%
Borehole	14,6%
Spring	1,5%
Rain water tank	0,8%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,5%
River/Stream	0,9%
Water vendor	0,7%
Water tanker	7,6%
Other	1,5%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	11,5%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	1,4%
Chemical toilet	10,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	9,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	62,5%
Bucket toilet	0,2%
Other	1,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	11,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	79,2%
No rubbish disposal	7,5%
Other	0,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	11,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	79,2%
No rubbish disposal	7,5%
Other	0,3%

Economy

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47,6% Unemployment rate.

47,6% of the 20 695 economically active individuals (i.e., those who are employed or unemployed but looking for work) are unemployed. Of the 11 992 economically active youth (15–34 years) in the municipality, 58,2% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	10852
Unemployed	9843
Discouraged Work Seeker	5781
Not Economically Active	31471

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Income	Percentage
None income	17%
R1 - R4,800	5,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	10,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	23,9%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	11,7%
R76,401 - R153,800	4,9%
R153,801 - R307,600	2,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,1%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,1%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	4,889
Poultry production	7,100
Vegetable production	3,540
Production of other crops	1,009
Other	401

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,240
Animals only	6,433
Mixed farming	2,680
Other	92

**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	3,388
R1-R4 800	389
R4 801-R38 400	5,763
R38 401-R307 200	664
R307 201+	47
Unspecified	194

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Place names

Places in Dannhauser Municipality
Annieville Anville Bright Home Chelmsford Chester Clifton Cloneen Cork Curragh Dannhauser Dannhauser NU Doornkop Dorset Eastbourne Emafusini Fairbreeze Flint Fulathela Sorth Geduld Greenock Grootgeluk Hattingspruit Hilltop Inverness Jokis Kempshoek Kilegethe Kliprand Lekkerwater Mafahlawane Martha Mbanane Mielibult Milford Moltloung Mtendeka Mullingar Naas Nellie Nellie Valler Nguqunguqu Nyanyadu Path Farm Phillip Poona Rocky Spruit Rutland Skombaren Spookmill Springbok Laagte Springlake Striijbank Surrey Twhatgwha Uitkyk Verdriet Wilts Zondo

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	102,161
Young (0-14)	38,2%
Working Age (15-64)	56,7%
Elderly (65+)	5%
Dependency ratio	76,3
Sex ratio	90
Growth rate	-0,06% (2001-2011)
Population density	67 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	47,6%
Youth unemployment rate	58,2%
No schooling aged 20+	8,9%
Higher education aged 20+	3,7%
Matric aged 20+	25,4%
Number of households	20,439
Number of Agricultural households	10,445
Average household size	4,9
Female headed households	50,7%
Formal dwellings	82,7%
Housing owned/paying off	45,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	11,5%
Weekly refuse removal	11,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	19,5%
Electricity for lighting	80,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	102,779
Young (0-14)	40,5%
Working Age (15-64)	56,7%
Elderly (65+)	4,7%
Dependency ratio	82,6%
Sex ratio	89,9
Growth rate	0,71% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	67,4%
Youth unemployment rate	76,3%
No schooling aged 20+	22,9%
Higher education aged 20+	3,4%
Matric aged 20+	15,1%
Number of households	19,320
Average household size	5,3
Female headed households	48,6%
Formal dwellings	66,7%
Housing owned/paying off	35,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	10,9%
Weekly refuse removal	10,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	8%
Electricity for lighting	43,5%

2011
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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