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Ekurhuleni

Quick Fact

2,47% Growth rate.

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality occupies 1 975km2of the land area in the province of Gauteng (Wikipedia). The name Ekurhuleni means ‘place of peace’ in Tsonga (Wikipedia), and the municipality is one of three metropolitan municipalities within Gauteng. Ekurhuleni is also home to South Africa’s largest airport, OR Tambo International Airport, which is located in the Kempton Park area.

Ekurhuleni is highly urbanised, with 99,4% of the population living in urban settlements ranging from informal settlements to elite urban residential suburbs. A number of large urbanised townships, such as Katlehong and Tokoza, also occupy the landscape.

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People

Quick Fact

3,6% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, the municipality has a total population of just under 3,2 million individuals, 78,7% of whom are black African. Whites make up 15,8%, and other race groups comprise the remaining 5,5%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 3,3% have completed primary school, 35,3% have some secondary education, 35,5% have completed matric and 14,6% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	78,7%
Coloured	2,7%
Indian/Asian	2,1%
White	15,8%
Other	0,6%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	11,8%
English	11,9%
IsiNdebele	2,4%
IsiXhosa	8%
IsiZulu	28,6%
Sepedi	11,3%
Sesotho	9,9%
Setswana	2,8%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	1,4%
Tshivenda	1,5%
Xitsonga	6,6%
Other	2.6%
Not Applicable	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
Married	25,7%
Living together like married partners	10,9%
Never married	58,6%
Widower/Widow	2,7%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3%
Some Primary	35,8%
Completed Primary	5,2%
Some Secondary	32,3%
Completed Secondary	19,4%
Higher Education	3,8%
Not Applicable	0,6%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	48,8%
Male	51,2%

Living Conditions

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82,2% of households using electricity for lighting.

There are just over 1 million households in Ekurhuleni with an average of 2,9 persons per household. The percentage of residents residing in formal households is 77,4%. In terms of services, 57,2% of households have access to water within the dwelling. Most households have access to electricity, with 82,2% of households using electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	99,4%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	0,6%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	93,3%	6,7%
Computer	25,8%	74,2%
Television	77,3%	22,7%
Satellite Television	29,3%	70,7%
Radio	67,1%	32,9%
Landline / Telephone	15,3%	84,7%
Motor Car	35,4%	64,6%
Refrigerator	68%	32%
Electric / Gas-Stove	78,5%	21,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	79,4%	65,6%	82,2%
Gas	2,6%	4,3%	0,3%
Paraffin	16,2%	9,4%	4,6%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	12,5%
Wood	0,4%	2,7%	0%
Coal	0,9%	6,6%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,2%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	11,1%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	9,7%
From Cellphone	17,2%
From Work	7%
From Elsewhere	8,6%
No Access	57,4%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	37,3%
Owned and fully paid off	27,3%
Owned but not yet paid off	16,7%
Occupied rent free	16,2%
Other	2,5%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	95,8%
Borehole	1,1%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,1%
River/Stream	0%
Water vendor	0,4%
Water tanker	0,9%
Other	1,5%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	1,2%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	85%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	1,3%
Chemical toilet	1,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,6%
Pit toilet without ventilation	7,3%
Bucket toilet	2,3%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	88,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	1,8%
Own refuse dump	6%
No rubbish disposal	2,5%
Other	0,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	88,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	1,8%
Own refuse dump	6%
No rubbish disposal	2,5%
Other	0,3%

Economy

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28,8% are unemployed.

The municipality is an important manufacturing centre, often named “the workshop of the country” (Wikipedia). Due to the presence of OR Tambo International airport, a number of airline company headquarters are located within the municipality, such as South African Airways, Comair, Kulula.com, and 1Time, to name a few.

In terms of employment, there are about 1,6 million economically active individuals (i.e. those who are employed or unemployed but looking for work) residing within the municipality. Of these, 28,8% are unemployed. When the youth (15–34 years) are considered, there are about 840 000 economically active individuals, 36,9% of whom are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	1126844
Unemployed	455608
Discouraged Work Seeker	81959
Not Economically Active	615042

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Income	Percentage
None income	17,8%
R1 - R4,800	3,8%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	11,6%
R19,601 - R38,200	16,9%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,8%
R153,801 - R307,600	8,7%
R307,601 - R614,400	6,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	2,7%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,7%
R2,457,601+	0,4%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	14,675
Poultry production	19,572
Vegetable production	39,101
Production of other crops	20,294
Other	33,365

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	34,876
Animals only	10,122
Mixed farming	14,066
Other	9,950

**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	18,818
R1-R4 800	2,505
R4 801-R38 400	24,633
R38 401-R307 200	17,302
R307 201+	3,449
Unspecified	2,306

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Place names

Places in Ekurhuleni Municipality
Alberton Bapsfontein Benoni Boksburg Brakpan Breswol Centurion Chief A Luthuli Park Clayville Daveyton Duduza Dukathole Edenvale Ekurhuleni NU Etwatwa Geluksdal Germiston Harry Gwala Holfontein Kanana Katlehong Kempton Park Kwa-Thema Langaville Lindelani Village Nigel Springs Tembisa Thinasonke Tokoza Tsakane Tweefontein Vosloorus Wattville

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	3,178,470
Young (0-14)	24,3%
Working Age (15-64)	71,7%
Elderly (65+)	4%
Dependency ratio	39,4
Sex ratio	105
Growth rate	2,47% (2001-2011)
Population density	1609 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	28,8%
Youth unemployment rate	36,9%
No schooling aged 20+	3,6%
Higher education aged 20+	14,6%
Matric aged 20+	35,4%
Number of households	1,015,465
Number of Agricultural households	69,013
Average household size	2,9
Female headed households	31,3%
Formal dwellings	77,4%
Housing owned/paying off	44%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	85%
Weekly refuse removal	88,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	57,2%
Electricity for lighting	82,2%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	2,481,762
Young (0-14)	24,6%
Working Age (15-64)	71,7%
Elderly (65+)	3,5%
Dependency ratio	39,1%
Sex ratio	103
Growth rate	4,05% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	40,4%
Youth unemployment rate	49,4%
No schooling aged 20+	9,3%
Higher education aged 20+	10,1%
Matric aged 20+	27,8%
Number of households	745,576
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	32,8%
Formal dwellings	70%
Housing owned/paying off	52,3%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	81,5%
Weekly refuse removal	87,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	43,1%
Electricity for lighting	75,2%

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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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