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Emnambithi/Ladysmith

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According to Census 2011, Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality has a total population of 237 437 people.

0,52% Growth Rate

Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality forms part of the Uthukela District Municipality, with Ladysmith, Ezakheni, Steadville and Colenso/Nkanyezi as main urban areas. Ladysmith is the primary urban area, located along the N11 national route, 20 kilometres off the N3 national route.

The priority development issues for Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality are physical infrastructure and services; social development and services; economic development; land reform, etc. Urban areas have far more services than rural ones but a much smaller population, indicating a clear imbalance in service provision. The Driefontein Complex has been identified as an area for priority spending. It has the highest population concentration but the lowest service standards.

(Source: http://www.ladysmith.co.za)

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People

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8,1% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality has a total population of 237 437 people of whom 91,8% are black African, 1,0% are coloured, 2,7% are white, and 4,4% are Indian/Asian. The other population groups make up the remaining 0,2%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 4,6% have completed primary school, 33,2% have some secondary education, 30,9% have completed matric, and 9,0% have some form of higher education, while 8,1% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	91,8%
Coloured	1%
Indian/Asian	4,4%
White	2,7%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	2,2%
English	7,3%
IsiNdebele	1%
IsiXhosa	0,3%
IsiZulu	85,3%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,9%
Setswana	0,5%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.6%
Not Applicable	1,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	16%
Living together like married partners	4,7%
Never married	75,7%
Widower/Widow	2,8%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	0,4%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,6%
Some Primary	42,8%
Completed Primary	6,1%
Some Secondary	32,2%
Completed Secondary	14,4%
Higher Education	1,3%
Not Applicable	0,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53%
Male	47%

Living Conditions

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82,1% Access to electricity for lighting.

There are 58 058 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 4,0 persons per household. 22,7% of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard. 82,1% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	53,1%
Tribal/Traditional	30,2%
Farm	16,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	89%	11%
Computer	13,4%	86,6%
Television	72,1%	27,9%
Satellite Television	20,6%	79,4%
Radio	72%	28%
Landline / Telephone	10,1%	89,9%
Motor Car	24,8%	75,2%
Refrigerator	66%	34%
Electric / Gas-Stove	73,4%	26,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	72,1%	55,5%	82,1%
Gas	2,9%	2,2%	0,2%
Paraffin	11,9%	10,3%	0,8%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	16,1%
Wood	10,8%	17,8%	0%
Coal	0,5%	0,9%	0%
Animal Dung	1,2%	1,9%	0%
Other	0,1%	0,1%	0%
None	0,4%	11,2%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	5,4%
From Cellphone	17%
From Work	2,6%
From Elsewhere	6%
No Access	69%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	19,8%
Owned and fully paid off	38,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	10,9%
Occupied rent free	27,8%
Other	2,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	75,3%
Borehole	14,1%
Spring	1,7%
Rain water tank	0,8%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,2%
River/Stream	1%
Water vendor	0,8%
Water tanker	2,9%
Other	2,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,9%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	56,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	1,5%
Chemical toilet	2,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	12%
Pit toilet without ventilation	22,5%
Bucket toilet	1,1%
Other	1,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	58,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,7%
Communal refuse dump	0,9%
Own refuse dump	32,7%
No rubbish disposal	6,8%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	58,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,7%
Communal refuse dump	0,9%
Own refuse dump	32,7%
No rubbish disposal	6,8%
Other	0,8%

Economy

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43,4% Youth unemployment rate is.

72 249 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 34,0% are unemployed.

Of the 39 523 economically active youth (15 – 35 years) in the area, 43,4% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	47651
Unemployed	24598
Discouraged Work Seeker	10411
Not Economically Active	65130

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Income	Percentage
None income	14,8%
R1 - R4,800	5,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	9%
R9,601 - R19,600	20%
R19,601 - R38,200	19,9%
R38,201 - R76,4000	12,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	8,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	6%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,2%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,6%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	6,745
Poultry production	9,861
Vegetable production	9,276
Production of other crops	1,694
Other	1,052

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	5,820
Animals only	8,485
Mixed farming	4,320
Other	379

**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	5,760
R1-R4 800	955
R4 801-R38 400	9,684
R38 401-R307 200	2,004
R307 201+	187
Unspecified	415

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Place names

Places in Emnambithi/Ladysmith Municipality
Bester Blue Bank Brakfontein Burford Colenso Doornhoek Doornkloof Driefontein Emnambithi/Ladysmith NU Ezakheni Graythorne Hobsland Kirkintulloch Kleinfontein Klipfontein Ladysmith Lusitania Matiwane Nkunzi PeaceTown Randjieslaagte Roosboom Umbulwana Watershed Watersmeet

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	237,437
Young (0-14)	33,3%
Working Age (15-64)	62,2%
Elderly (65+)	4,5%
Dependency ratio	60,7
Sex ratio	88,7
Growth rate	0,52% (2001-2011)
Population density	80 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	34%
Youth unemployment rate	43,4%
No schooling aged 20+	8,1%
Higher education aged 20+	9%
Matric aged 20+	30,9%
Number of households	58,058
Number of Agricultural households	19,004
Average household size	4
Female headed households	49,4%
Formal dwellings	80,5%
Housing owned/paying off	49,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	56,1%
Weekly refuse removal	58,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	45,4%
Electricity for lighting	82,1%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	225,459
Young (0-14)	34,3%
Working Age (15-64)	62,2%
Elderly (65+)	4,1%
Dependency ratio	62,4%
Sex ratio	87,1
Growth rate	4,67% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	49,2%
Youth unemployment rate	58,8%
No schooling aged 20+	16%
Higher education aged 20+	6,7%
Matric aged 20+	20,9%
Number of households	50,529
Average household size	4,3
Female headed households	47,9%
Formal dwellings	64,7%
Housing owned/paying off	51,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	44,8%
Weekly refuse removal	52,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	32,4%
Electricity for lighting	67,8%

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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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