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Impendle

Quick Fact

Impendle Municipality has a population of about 33 105 with the sex ratio of 88 males per 100 females.

-1,34% Traditional Areas

Impendle local Municipality is located on the south western boundary of the uMgungundlovu District, and shares a boundary with the Sisonke District to the south and the KwaSani Municipality, which includes towns such as Underberg and Himeville. To the north is the uMngeni which is closely tied to Impendle in terms of agriculture and potential tourism (Midlands Meander), and to east the Msunduzi Municipality which is the capital of the province and the economic hub of the District. To the west is District Management areas of the Drakensberg that fall under the Transfrontier Development Initiative related to the World Heritage Site. (uMgnugndlovu District Municipality IDP 2012/13).

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People

Quick Fact

14,9% had no schooling.

The dependency ratio is significantly high (79). Black Africans constitutes 99% which is the vast majority of population in the district. White people constitute only 1% and there are no Indians neither coloured people.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	98,9%
Coloured	0,3%
Indian/Asian	0,1%
White	0,5%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	0,2%
English	1,8%
IsiNdebele	1,2%
IsiXhosa	0,4%
IsiZulu	93,3%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	1,6%
Setswana	0,6%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.1%
Not Applicable	0%

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Group	Percentage
Married	18,4%
Living together like married partners	1,7%
Never married	75,4%
Widower/Widow	3,9%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	0,2%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,6%
Some Primary	45,9%
Completed Primary	6,2%
Some Secondary	31,5%
Completed Secondary	13,1%
Higher Education	0,7%
Not Applicable	0%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,2%
Male	46,8%

Living Conditions

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83,6% access to electricity for lighting.

The total unemployment rate is 45% which is the highest in the district. Approximately 57% of households are headed by female and at least 2% are headed by children.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	6,1%
Tribal/Traditional	71,6%
Farm	22,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	81,9%	18,1%
Computer	4%	96%
Television	60,1%	39,9%
Satellite Television	15,4%	84,6%
Radio	64%	36%
Landline / Telephone	3,6%	96,4%
Motor Car	14,7%	85,3%
Refrigerator	60,4%	39,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	69,6%	30,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	47,1%	31,3%	83,6%
Gas	3%	1,6%	0,3%
Paraffin	1,8%	0,6%	0,4%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,4%
Candles	0%	0%	15,1%
Wood	47,4%	62,6%	0%
Coal	0,2%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	3,4%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	1%
From Cellphone	15%
From Work	1,1%
From Elsewhere	2,9%
No Access	80%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	13,7%
Owned and fully paid off	26,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	10%
Occupied rent free	48,1%
Other	2%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	29,6%
Borehole	12,6%
Spring	14,6%
Rain water tank	3,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	4,6%
River/Stream	13,4%
Water vendor	4%
Water tanker	13,5%
Other	4,6%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	1,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	4,8%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,3%
Chemical toilet	6,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	27,8%
Pit toilet without ventilation	45,5%
Bucket toilet	1,2%
Other	9,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,8%
Communal refuse dump	1,3%
Own refuse dump	83,7%
No rubbish disposal	8,5%
Other	1,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,8%
Communal refuse dump	1,3%
Own refuse dump	83,7%
No rubbish disposal	8,5%
Other	1,8%

Economy

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56,2% Youth unemployment rate.

According to uMgungundlovu District Municipality IDP 2012/13, there are six critical sectors that contribute more than 92% of the district economy. The overall unemployment rate is 45 % and youth unemployment rate in Impendle is 56% while labour participation is 23%.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	2347
Unemployed	1928
Discouraged Work Seeker	2284
Not Economically Active	11923

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Income	Percentage
None income	18%
R1 - R4,800	6,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	9,4%
R9,601 - R19,600	30,5%
R19,601 - R38,200	19,3%
R38,201 - R76,4000	8,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	4,1%
R153,801 - R307,600	2,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,2%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,2%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	2,657
Poultry production	2,532
Vegetable production	2,162
Production of other crops	969
Other	296

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	826
Animals only	2,020
Mixed farming	1,729
Other	54

**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	1,078
R1-R4 800	368
R4 801-R38 400	2,797
R38 401-R307 200	245
R307 201+	45
Unspecified	98

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Place names

Places in Impendle Municipality
Bucklands Cibelichle Enguga Enkangala Fikesuthi Ga-Keta Glenmile Gomane Gwanovuga Highmoor Impendle Ingqiya Kamensi Kwa Thunzi KwaGade Loteni Mahlutshini Maitland Mgodi Mkhomazi Mkomazi Moyeni Mpofana NU Mzumbe Nhlabamkosi Nhlambamasoka Nhlathimbe Nkothweni Ntshinini Ntwasahlobo Nzinga Shellfish Shiyabantu Simolobha Sithunjwana Sitofela Willowbrook

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	33,105
Young (0-14)	37,7%
Working Age (15-64)	55,8%
Elderly (65+)	6,5%
Dependency ratio	79,1
Sex ratio	88
Growth rate	-1,34% (2001-2011)
Population density	22 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	45,1%
Youth unemployment rate	56,2%
No schooling aged 20+	14,9%
Higher education aged 20+	3,6%
Matric aged 20+	22,2%
Number of households	8,203
Number of Agricultural households	4,630
Average household size	4
Female headed households	57,4%
Formal dwellings	44,1%
Housing owned/paying off	36,2%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	4,8%
Weekly refuse removal	3%
Piped water inside dwelling	16%
Electricity for lighting	83,6%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	37,844
Young (0-14)	41,3%
Working Age (15-64)	55,8%
Elderly (65+)	6,6%
Dependency ratio	92,1%
Sex ratio	81,4
Growth rate	-1,09% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	72,6%
Youth unemployment rate	79,9%
No schooling aged 20+	35,3%
Higher education aged 20+	2,8%
Matric aged 20+	8,2%
Number of households	8,258
Average household size	4,5
Female headed households	60,3%
Formal dwellings	39,3%
Housing owned/paying off	62,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	3,6%
Weekly refuse removal	2%
Piped water inside dwelling	5,5%
Electricity for lighting	54,7%

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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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