Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa

Greater Giyani

Quick Fact

Greater Giyani Local Municipality has a population size of 244217, which makes it the second largest municipality in terms of population contribution (22%) in the Mopani District. According to Census 2011, 99,5% of the population areblack African,with the other population groups making up the remaining 0,5%.

0,14% Growth Rate

Greater Giyani Local Municipality was established in 1969. It is an administrative and commercial centre of the Mopani district and also the former capital of Gazankulu. Greater Giyani Local Municipality derives its name from the town Giyani, whichis a Tsonga word meaning‘a place where people dance’and‘aland of the friendly people’. Giyani is also rich in cultural history with royal families dating back as far as 1822. The town of Giyani is located approximately 185 km from Polokwane, 100 km from Thohoyandou and 550 km from Pretoria. The municipality covers about 2 967 km2 land area. Its eastern section borders the world famous Kruger National Park,with N’wamankenaVillage to the west, Mphakani Village to the south, and the Klein Letaba River to the north.

The Municipality is demarcated into 30 wards and has 60 councillors. The ten traditional authority areas comprise 91 villages. Giyani town is the only town within the municipality and attracts most of the people from around the district.

Rank By:

36 ranking by population size

Rank view all

Dr JS Moroka , Mpumalanga

249,705

Elias Motsoaledi , Limpopo

249,363

Sol Plaatjie , Northern Cape

248,041

Greater Giyani , Limpopo

244,217

Moses Kotane , North West

242,554

Emnambithi/Ladysmith , KwaZulu-Natal

237,437

KwaDukuza , KwaZulu-Natal

231,187

People

Quick Fact

25% of those 20+ have no schooling.

Chart
Data

Group	Percentage
Black African	99,5%
Coloured	0,1%
Indian/Asian	0,3%
White	0,1%
Other	0,1%

Chart
Data

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

Chart
Data

Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	0,1%
English	0,8%
IsiNdebele	0%
IsiXhosa	0%
IsiZulu	0,1%
Sepedi	3,8%
Sesotho	2,6%
Setswana	0,1%
Sign Language	0,1%
SiSwati	0,2%
Tshivenda	0,6%
Xitsonga	90,5%
Other	0.7%
Not Applicable	0,3%

Chart
Data

Group	Percentage
Married	15,8%
Living together like married partners	9,8%
Never married	66,9%
Widower/Widow	5,5%
Separated	1,6%
Divorced	0,4%

Chart
Data

Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,5%
Some Primary	45,4%
Completed Primary	6,4%
Some Secondary	35,7%
Completed Secondary	9%
Higher Education	0,8%
Not Applicable	0,2%

Chart
Data

Sex	Percentage
Female	55,7%
Male	44,3%

Living Conditions

Quick Fact

89% Use electricity for lighting.

According to Census 2011, the Greater GiyaniLocal Municipality has a total of 63 548 households, with an average household size of 3,8 persons per household. A total of 27 135 households (42,7%) are headed by males while 36 413 households (57,3%) are female-headed households. The municipality’s dependency ratio is 74,2.89% of the households use electricity for lighting, and88% of households live in formal dwellings.

Chart
Data

Area	Percentage
Urban	12,5%
Tribal/Traditional	87,4%
Farm	0,1%

Chart
Data

Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	90,3%	9,7%
Computer	10%	90%
Television	71,3%	28,7%
Satellite Television	15,1%	84,9%
Radio	56,8%	43,2%
Landline / Telephone	2,7%	97,3%
Motor Car	15,9%	84,1%
Refrigerator	72,3%	27,7%
Electric / Gas-Stove	49,1%	50,9%

Chart
Data

Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	23,2%	29,1%	89%
Gas	0,5%	0,4%	0,1%
Paraffin	0,4%	0,6%	0,7%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,4%
Candles	0%	0%	9,4%
Wood	75,6%	60,1%	0%
Coal	0%	0%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	9,7%	0,4%

Chart
Data

Access	Percentage
From Home	2,3%
From Cellphone	16,3%
From Work	1,5%
From Elsewhere	4,9%
No Access	75%

Chart
Data

Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	4,3%
Owned and fully paid off	62,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	7,1%
Occupied rent free	25%
Other	1,3%

Chart
Data

Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	61,2%
Borehole	22,2%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,4%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,6%
River/Stream	4,2%
Water vendor	6,3%
Water tanker	0,8%
Other	3,2%

Chart
Data

Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	19,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	11,9%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	0,5%
Chemical toilet	1%
Pit toilet with ventilation	17,1%
Pit toilet without ventilation	45,6%
Bucket toilet	0,4%
Other	3,9%

Chart
Data

Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	11,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,5%
Communal refuse dump	1,6%
Own refuse dump	70,4%
No rubbish disposal	14,9%
Other	1%

Chart
Data

Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	11,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,5%
Communal refuse dump	1,6%
Own refuse dump	70,4%
No rubbish disposal	14,9%
Other	1%

Economy

Quick Fact

61,2% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 48 065 economically active people in the municipality, 47,0% are unemployed.

The unemployment rate among the youth (15 – 34 years) is higher at 61,2 %.

Key sectors of the local economy are manufacturing, trade, catering, government, finance, transport, communications and agriculture. The labour force consists of skilled and semi-skilled people and also a large percentage of unskilled people.

Chart
Data

Employment Status	Number
Employed	25469
Unemployed	22596
Discouraged Work Seeker	10846
Not Economically Active	81315

Chart
Data

Income	Percentage
None income	15,7%
R1 - R4,800	9,6%
R4,801 - R9,600	17,1%
R9,601 - R19,600	21,8%
R19,601 - R38,200	18,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	7,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	4,3%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,3%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,3%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

Chart
Data

Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	9,969
Poultry production	8,077
Vegetable production	3,884
Production of other crops	4,096
Other	1,721

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

Chart
Data

Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	3,874
Animals only	12,085
Mixed farming	3,318
Other	621

**An agricultural household may not fall under more than one agricultural activity

Chart
Data

Income category of agricultural households
Annual income category of agricultural household heads	Number
No income	7,130
R1-R4 800	912
R4 801-R38 400	9,708
R38 401-R307 200	1,754
R307 201+	120
Unspecified	273

Agricultural households municipal data per province
Western Cape (download)
Eastern Cape (download)
Northern Cape (download)
Free State (download)
KwaZulu-Natal (download)
North West (download)
Gauteng (download)
Mpumalanga (download)
Limpopo (download)

**Please note that each province contains twenty five tables

Place names

Places in Greater Giyani Municipality
Babangu Bambeni Basani Blinkwater Bode Botshabelo Daniel Rababelela Dingamanzi Ghandlanani Giyani Gonono Greater Giyani NU Hlomela Hlopekani Hluphekani KaDizingidzingi KaDzumeri KaGaula KaGidya KaHhlaneki KaHomu KaKhaxani KaKheyi KaMakhuva KaMakoxa KaMapayeni KaMapuva KaMaswanganyi KaMatsotsosela KaMavalani KaMayephu KaMbedlhe KaMininginisi KaMpakani KaMunghonghoma KaMushiyani KaMzilela KaNdengeza KaNghalalume KaNgove KaNkomo KaNkuri KaNwadzekudzeku KaNwamakena KaSabulane KaSiandana KaSikhunyane KaTomu KaXikhumba KaXikukwani KaXitlakati Khakhala Khomanani Kruger National Park Loloka Mageva Mahlathi MaPhata Maxabela Mbatlo Mbaula Mlhava Muhlahlandlela Muyexe Namenwamarhanga Ndindani A Northhampton Ntsanwisi Ntsuki Nwakhuwani Nwamatatane Phalakubeni Phikela Rivala Sekhiming Shimange Shivulani Sifasonke Thomo Vuhehli Wagendrift Xawela Ximausa

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	244,217
Young (0-14)	36,8%
Working Age (15-64)	57,4%
Elderly (65+)	5,8%
Dependency ratio	74,2
Sex ratio	79,4
Growth rate	0,14% (2001-2011)
Population density	59 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	47%
Youth unemployment rate	61,2%
No schooling aged 20+	25%
Higher education aged 20+	7,1%
Matric aged 20+	20,7%
Number of households	63,548
Number of Agricultural households	19,897
Average household size	3,8
Female headed households	57,3%
Formal dwellings	88%
Housing owned/paying off	69,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	11,9%
Weekly refuse removal	11,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	13,4%
Electricity for lighting	89%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	240,729
Young (0-14)	42%
Working Age (15-64)	57,4%
Elderly (65+)	4,4%
Dependency ratio	86,5%
Sex ratio	79,5
Growth rate	1,91% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	60,3%
Youth unemployment rate	72,9%
No schooling aged 20+	42,6%
Higher education aged 20+	7,4%
Matric aged 20+	12,4%
Number of households	53,050
Average household size	4,5
Female headed households	59,4%
Formal dwellings	44,6%
Housing owned/paying off	58%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	13,7%
Weekly refuse removal	10,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	11,3%
Electricity for lighting	67,3%

2011
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

**Scroll for more contacts by subject area**
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

Greater Giyani

Quick Fact

Quick Fact

Quick Fact

Quick Fact

Place names

Key Statistics 2011

Key Statistics 2001

Press Room

My Municipality

In My Classroom

Tools

Links

Careers