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eDumbe

Quick Fact

èDumbe Local Municipality has a population of about 82 053 people.

-0,02% Growth rate

èDumbe Local Municipality is situated in the north-western part of KwaZulu-Natal. It covers an area of 3 239 km².The municipal area of jurisdiction is demarcated into 8 wards which is predominantly rural in nature. The èDumbe Municipality is located in one of the poorest and poverty stricken district municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. (It forms part of Presidential Nodes!). éDumbe is a gateway to KwaZulu-Natal Province and it is a shorter route from Mpumalanga Province to Durban or Pietermaritzburg. In that sense it can attract many tourists who are exploring KZN.

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People

Quick Fact

18,3% of those aged 20+ had no schooling.

Only 34 percent of the municipality’s population lives in an urban settlement while 41 percent live in the rural hinterland of the municipality. This factor has severe implications on actual service delivery and the cost thereof. Most settlements developed organically and are unplanned, lack basic services and facilities and provide limited opportunities for economic development.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	97,8%
Coloured	0,1%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	1,8%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	1,1%
English	1,3%
IsiNdebele	1,2%
IsiXhosa	0,2%
IsiZulu	93,3%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,1%
Setswana	0,7%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0,3%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.9%
Not Applicable	0,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	12,6%
Living together like married partners	4,5%
Never married	80,3%
Widower/Widow	2,2%
Separated	0,3%
Divorced	0,1%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3%
Some Primary	49,1%
Completed Primary	6,3%
Some Secondary	31,1%
Completed Secondary	9,9%
Higher Education	0,4%
Not Applicable	0,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,1%
Male	46,9%

Living Conditions

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62,8% of the total households of éDumbe local municipality had access to electricity.

78% had access to piped water while 25% had access to flush toilet. About 74% of the households live in formal dwellings and only about 6% owned a computer

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Area	Percentage
Urban	28,3%
Tribal/Traditional	44,2%
Farm	27,5%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	84,7%	15,3%
Computer	5,8%	94,2%
Television	55,9%	44,1%
Satellite Television	12,3%	87,7%
Radio	72,9%	27,1%
Landline / Telephone	4%	96%
Motor Car	16,9%	83,1%
Refrigerator	47,1%	52,9%
Electric / Gas-Stove	45,4%	54,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	35%	26,9%	62,8%
Gas	2,5%	1,9%	0,4%
Paraffin	3,7%	1,7%	0,5%
Solar	0,2%	0,1%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	35,4%
Wood	57,7%	59,8%	0%
Coal	0,6%	1,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	8,4%	0,7%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,2%
From Cellphone	19,3%
From Work	1,8%
From Elsewhere	4,6%
No Access	71%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	11,2%
Owned and fully paid off	53,1%
Owned but not yet paid off	9,5%
Occupied rent free	23,3%
Other	3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	45,2%
Borehole	12,6%
Spring	3,1%
Rain water tank	0,8%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,2%
River/Stream	21,4%
Water vendor	1,1%
Water tanker	11,6%
Other	2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	9,7%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	5,5%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	19,6%
Chemical toilet	8,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	38,4%
Pit toilet without ventilation	15,9%
Bucket toilet	0,3%
Other	2,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	20,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,7%
Communal refuse dump	0,8%
Own refuse dump	65,1%
No rubbish disposal	10,4%
Other	1,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	20,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,7%
Communal refuse dump	0,8%
Own refuse dump	65,1%
No rubbish disposal	10,4%
Other	1,3%

Economy

Quick Fact

37,7% Unemployment rate.

éDumbe’s economy is far more heavily reliant on agriculture. This is the major economic activity in the study area, due to availability of good quality agricultural land, however the heavy reliance on agriculture represents a relatively underdeveloped economy that requires further diversification and development of the secondary sector. The manufacturing sector in the study area is still relatively small and accounts for only 8 percent of total output. Other sectors that are of significance in terms of their contribution to GDP are trade and accommodation; finance and business services and government services

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	9595
Unemployed	5813
Discouraged Work Seeker	4556
Not Economically Active	25189

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Income	Percentage
None income	11,9%
R1 - R4,800	6,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	12,4%
R9,601 - R19,600	26%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,9%
R38,201 - R76,4000	10,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	4,7%
R153,801 - R307,600	2,6%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,4%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,2%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	3,475
Poultry production	4,822
Vegetable production	3,764
Production of other crops	1,655
Other	574

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,943
Animals only	3,462
Mixed farming	2,682
Other	120

**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	2,810
R1-R4 800	480
R4 801-R38 400	4,253
R38 401-R307 200	415
R307 201+	57
Unspecified	191

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Place names

Places in eDumbe Municipality
Balmoral Barofine Bellemmerd Bethane Blinkwater Diamant Dordrecht eDumbe eDumbe NU Eersteling Frischgewaagd Gontshi Gunstelling Helpmekaar A Helpmekaar B Holspruit A Holspruit B Kleinfontein Klipspruit Krommellenboog KwaGedlase Lujojwana Mahloni Mahlosani Mielieplaat Mqongwane Msizini Natal Spa Noukloof A Noukloof B Noukraal Opuzane Paulpietersburg Pivaanspoort Riversdale Schuzwekrans Scottshill Simdlangentsha Tamboekiesdraai Vlakplaas Waterval

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	82,053
Young (0-14)	40%
Working Age (15-64)	55%
Elderly (65+)	5%
Dependency ratio	81,7
Sex ratio	88,2
Growth rate	-0,02% (2001-2011)
Population density	42 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	37,7%
Youth unemployment rate	45,4%
No schooling aged 20+	18,3%
Higher education aged 20+	4%
Matric aged 20+	22,1%
Number of households	16,138
Number of Agricultural households	8,206
Average household size	5
Female headed households	52,1%
Formal dwellings	74%
Housing owned/paying off	62,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	5,5%
Weekly refuse removal	20,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	13,8%
Electricity for lighting	62,8%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	82,241
Young (0-14)	41,7%
Working Age (15-64)	55%
Elderly (65+)	4,8%
Dependency ratio	87%
Sex ratio	89,7
Growth rate	4,59% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	57,5%
Youth unemployment rate	64,7%
No schooling aged 20+	37,7%
Higher education aged 20+	3%
Matric aged 20+	10,5%
Number of households	15,107
Average household size	5,2
Female headed households	48,4%
Formal dwellings	61,7%
Housing owned/paying off	46,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	5,2%
Weekly refuse removal	26,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	4,7%
Electricity for lighting	32,4%

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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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