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George

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According to Census 2011, the local municipality has a total population estimated at 193 672.

2,59% Growth Rate

George Local Municipality forms part of the Eden District Municipality and is situated in the middle of Knysna, Oudtshoorn, Mossel Bay and Hessequa Local Municipalities. The municipality is classified as a category B municipality, and is inter alia responsible for basic service delivery. George is located along the N2 highway. Its strategic location along the N2 highway to Cape Town and the Eastern Cape facilitates mobility of people, goods and services (http://www.george.org.za).

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People

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Afrikaans is the dominant language in the district at 65,7%, followed by isiXhosa (21,2%) and English (7,9%).

According to Census 2011, the local municipality has a total population estimated at 193 672. Of the population, 50,4% are coloured, 28,2% are black African, 19,7% are white, with other population groups making up the remaining 1,7%.

Of those 20 years and older, 6,0% have completed primary school, 35,4% have some secondary education, 29,3% have completed matric, and 11,7% have some form of higher education. Of the mentioned age group, 3,9% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	28,2%
Coloured	50,4%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	19,7%
Other	1,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	65,7%
English	7,9%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	21,2%
IsiZulu	0,3%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	0,5%
Setswana	0,4%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.9%
Not Applicable	2,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	29,4%
Living together like married partners	9,1%
Never married	55,4%
Widower/Widow	3,7%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,8%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,1%
Some Primary	42%
Completed Primary	6,7%
Some Secondary	31,7%
Completed Secondary	13,1%
Higher Education	1,6%
Not Applicable	1,9%

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

Living Conditions

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91% of households have access to electricity for lighting

There are 53 551 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,4 persons per household. Of the households, 70,3% have access to piped water inside the dwelling/institution and 20,6% have water in their yard. Only 2,4% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	88,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	11,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	84,6%	15,4%
Computer	30,3%	69,7%
Television	82,6%	17,4%
Satellite Television	28,6%	71,4%
Radio	71,7%	28,3%
Landline / Telephone	24,9%	75,1%
Motor Car	42,9%	57,1%
Refrigerator	75,9%	24,1%
Electric / Gas-Stove	87,3%	12,7%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	83,8%	56,9%	91%
Gas	7%	3,6%	0,2%
Paraffin	5,1%	10,4%	3,8%
Solar	0,1%	0,3%	0,4%
Candles	0%	0%	4,1%
Wood	3,4%	9,4%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	19,2%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	14,4%
From Cellphone	14,2%
From Work	4,8%
From Elsewhere	3,6%
No Access	63,1%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	27,7%
Owned and fully paid off	38,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	10,2%
Occupied rent free	19,9%
Other	3,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	88,9%
Borehole	2%
Spring	0,8%
Rain water tank	2,8%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,4%
River/Stream	0,7%
Water vendor	0,2%
Water tanker	1%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	4,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	82%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	6%
Chemical toilet	0,6%
Pit toilet with ventilation	1,8%
Pit toilet without ventilation	1,6%
Bucket toilet	2%
Other	1,1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	88,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,6%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	5,9%
No rubbish disposal	2,6%
Other	1,6%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	88,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,6%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	5,9%
No rubbish disposal	2,6%
Other	1,6%

Economy

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20,7% unemployment rate

Of the 79 544 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 20,7% are unemployed.

27,6% of the 37 947 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the municipality are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	63110
Unemployed	16434
Discouraged Work Seeker	5140
Not Economically Active	45664

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,1%
R1 - R4,800	2,6%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,4%
R9,601 - R19,600	13,2%
R19,601 - R38,200	19,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	17,3%
R76,401 - R153,800	12,7%
R153,801 - R307,600	9,8%
R307,601 - R614,400	6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,7%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,5%
R2,457,601+	0,3%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	1,275
Poultry production	1,482
Vegetable production	2,025
Production of other crops	733
Other	988

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,615
Animals only	1,399
Mixed farming	789
Other	271

**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	754
R1-R4 800	97
R4 801-R38 400	1,923
R38 401-R307 200	998
R307 201+	165
Unspecified	137

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Place names

Places in George Municipality
Formosa State Forest George George NU Haarlem Herolds Bay Swartberg State Forest Thembalethu Uniondale Wilderness Wilderness Lake Area

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	193,672
Young (0-14)	26,3%
Working Age (15-64)	67,3%
Elderly (65+)	6,4%
Dependency ratio	48,6
Sex ratio	96,9
Growth rate	2,59% (2001-2011)
Population density	37 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	20,7%
Youth unemployment rate	27,6%
No schooling aged 20+	3,9%
Higher education aged 20+	11,6%
Matric aged 20+	29,1%
Number of households	53,551
Number of Agricultural households	4,074
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	33,2%
Formal dwellings	83,9%
Housing owned/paying off	49%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	82%
Weekly refuse removal	88,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	70,3%
Electricity for lighting	91%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	149,436
Young (0-14)	28,9%
Working Age (15-64)	67,3%
Elderly (65+)	5,3%
Dependency ratio	51,9%
Sex ratio	95,9
Growth rate	4,36% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	27,8%
Youth unemployment rate	34,5%
No schooling aged 20+	8,4%
Higher education aged 20+	9,7%
Matric aged 20+	23,9%
Number of households	38,867
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	31,1%
Formal dwellings	80,9%
Housing owned/paying off	50,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	75,9%
Weekly refuse removal	82,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	58,5%
Electricity for lighting	86,7%

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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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