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Emfuleni

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According to Census 2011, Emfuleni Local Municipality has a total population of 721 663

0,92% Growth Rate

The Emfuleni Local Municipality is one of the three local municipalities comprising the Sedibeng district in Gauteng, South Africa. It is the western-most local municipality in the district, and covers an area of 987,45 km². It consists of two main town centres, Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark (www.emfuleni.gov.za).

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People

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36,3% Female headed households

According to Census 2011, Emfuleni Local Municipality has a total population of 721 663, of which 85,4% are black African, 12% are white, 1,2% are coloured, and 1,0% are Indian/Asian. Of those 20 years and older, 3,6 % completed primary school, 36,7% have some secondary education, 32,4% completed matric, and 12,9% have some form of higher education. The percentage with no form of schooling is 4,0%.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	85,4%
Coloured	1,2%
Indian/Asian	1%
White	12%
Other	0,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	12,4%
English	4,4%
IsiNdebele	0,5%
IsiXhosa	7,8%
IsiZulu	13%
Sepedi	1,6%
Sesotho	52%
Setswana	2,5%
Sign Language	1,1%
SiSwati	0,4%
Tshivenda	0,5%
Xitsonga	1,3%
Other	1.6%
Not Applicable	1,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	24,5%
Living together like married partners	9%
Never married	59,5%
Widower/Widow	4,3%
Separated	1%
Divorced	1,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,4%
Some Primary	35,8%
Completed Primary	5,2%
Some Secondary	32,5%
Completed Secondary	19%
Higher Education	4,1%
Not Applicable	1%

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

Living Conditions

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92,2% Use electricity for lighting

There are 220 135 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,1 persons per household. Of these households, 69,9% have access to piped water and 24,3% have water in their yard. Only 0,6% of households do not have access to piped water. Electricity for lighting is used by 92,2% of households.

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

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	91,6%	8,4%
Computer	25,2%	74,8%
Television	82,1%	17,9%
Satellite Television	33,7%	66,3%
Radio	73,4%	26,6%
Landline / Telephone	12,8%	87,2%
Motor Car	30,4%	69,6%
Refrigerator	79,4%	20,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	87,5%	12,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	90,3%	84,7%	92,2%
Gas	2,6%	3%	0,2%
Paraffin	6,1%	3%	1,3%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	6%
Wood	0,5%	2,2%	0%
Coal	0,2%	1,6%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	5,3%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	7,1%
From Cellphone	19%
From Work	4,3%
From Elsewhere	10,2%
No Access	59,4%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	28,4%
Owned and fully paid off	36%
Owned but not yet paid off	12,9%
Occupied rent free	20,2%
Other	2,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	96,3%
Borehole	1,7%
Spring	0%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,1%
River/Stream	0%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	0,2%
Other	1,1%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	1%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	88,2%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2%
Chemical toilet	0,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,8%
Pit toilet without ventilation	6,2%
Bucket toilet	0,9%
Other	0,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	89,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,9%
Communal refuse dump	1,6%
Own refuse dump	5,6%
No rubbish disposal	1,7%
Other	0,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	89,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,9%
Communal refuse dump	1,6%
Own refuse dump	5,6%
No rubbish disposal	1,7%
Other	0,4%

Economy

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45% youth unemployment rate

Of the population, 202 543 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) and, of these, 34,7% are unemployed. Of the 85 594 economically active youth (15–35 years) in the area, 45% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	202543
Unemployed	107554
Discouraged Work Seeker	20145
Not Economically Active	171542

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Income	Percentage
None income	17,7%
R1 - R4,800	4,9%
R4,801 - R9,600	7%
R9,601 - R19,600	15,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	17,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	13,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	7,6%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,2%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,2%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,3%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	3,413
Poultry production	5,375
Vegetable production	9,220
Production of other crops	4,396
Other	6,827

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	8,502
Animals only	3,651
Mixed farming	2,996
Other	2,063

**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	4,745
R1-R4 800	583
R4 801-R38 400	6,900
R38 401-R307 200	3,885
R307 201+	570
Unspecified	527

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Place names

Places in Emfuleni Municipality
Boipatong Bophelong Emfuleni NU Evaton Golden Gardens Johandeo Lakeside Sebokeng Sharpeville Stretford Tshepiso Vaal Oewer Vanderbijlpark Vereeniging

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	721,663
Young (0-14)	25,6%
Working Age (15-64)	69,5%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	43,8
Sex ratio	96,7
Growth rate	0,92% (2001-2011)
Population density	747 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	34,7%
Youth unemployment rate	45%
No schooling aged 20+	4%
Higher education aged 20+	12,9%
Matric aged 20+	32,4%
Number of households	220,135
Number of Agricultural households	17,211
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	36,3%
Formal dwellings	85,3%
Housing owned/paying off	48,8%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	88,2%
Weekly refuse removal	89,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	69,9%
Electricity for lighting	92,2%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	657,949
Young (0-14)	25,8%
Working Age (15-64)	69,5%
Elderly (65+)	4,1%
Dependency ratio	42,8%
Sex ratio	96,1
Growth rate	1,93% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	47,2%
Youth unemployment rate	57,9%
No schooling aged 20+	9,6%
Higher education aged 20+	7,9%
Matric aged 20+	24,5%
Number of households	186,926
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	35,3%
Formal dwellings	81,8%
Housing owned/paying off	56,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	84,8%
Weekly refuse removal	46,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	50,6%
Electricity for lighting	89,8%

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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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