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Inkwanca

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According to Census 2011 Inkwanca Local Municipality has a total population estimated at 21 971.

0,82% Growth Rate

Inkwanca Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Inkwanca is an isiXhosa name meaning cold. The municipal area is the coldest area in the country and the lowest temperatures are recorded in the area every year. (http:// en wikipedia.org)

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Inkwanca , Eastern Cape

21,971

208

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21,591

209

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People

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13,4% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling

According to Census 2011 Inkwanca Local Municipality has a total population estimated at 21,971, of which 89,1% are black African, 6,2% are white, 4,1% are coloured, with other population groups making up the remaining 0,6%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 7,6% have completed primary school, 31,5% have some secondary education, 15,2% have completed matric, and 7,2% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	89,1%
Coloured	4,1%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	6,2%
Other	0,5%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	8,2%
English	3,4%
IsiNdebele	0,3%
IsiXhosa	84,2%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	0,2%
Setswana	0,2%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.8%
Not Applicable	1,8%

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Group	Percentage
Married	20,8%
Living together like married partners	5,5%
Never married	68,1%
Widower/Widow	3,9%
Separated	1%
Divorced	0,7%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,2%
Some Primary	48,1%
Completed Primary	7,3%
Some Secondary	31,5%
Completed Secondary	7,1%
Higher Education	1,1%
Not Applicable	1,7%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,4%
Male	48,6%

Living Conditions

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91,7% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 6,228 households in the municipality with average household size of 3,4 persons per household. 29,7% of households have access to piped water inside dwelling/institution and 66,5% have water in their yard. Only 1.8% of households do not have access piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	85,2%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	14,8%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	77,2%	22,8%
Computer	9,3%	90,7%
Television	72,3%	27,7%
Satellite Television	16,2%	83,8%
Radio	67,8%	32,2%
Landline / Telephone	9,6%	90,4%
Motor Car	16,4%	83,6%
Refrigerator	62,5%	37,5%
Electric / Gas-Stove	80%	20%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	79,8%	25,9%	91,7%
Gas	3%	2,2%	0,2%
Paraffin	11%	51,1%	1,1%
Solar	0,2%	0,1%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	6,6%
Wood	5,3%	15,5%	0%
Coal	0,2%	0,8%	0%
Animal Dung	0,4%	0,4%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	4%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,7%
From Cellphone	15,2%
From Work	2,2%
From Elsewhere	2,1%
No Access	76,7%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	12,3%
Owned and fully paid off	33,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	12,6%
Occupied rent free	37,1%
Other	4,7%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	81,5%
Borehole	11,1%
Spring	0,8%
Rain water tank	1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,2%
River/Stream	0,7%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	1,6%
Other	0,9%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	6,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	86,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2,5%
Chemical toilet	0,8%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,8%
Pit toilet without ventilation	0,9%
Bucket toilet	0,3%
Other	2,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	83,2%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	0,4%
Own refuse dump	12,7%
No rubbish disposal	1,8%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	83,2%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	0,4%
Own refuse dump	12,7%
No rubbish disposal	1,8%
Other	0,8%

Economy

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39,3% Youth unemployed rate

39,3% of the 6 712 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) population is unemployed.

Of the 3 444 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, 47,6% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	4073
Unemployed	2639
Discouraged Work Seeker	1154
Not Economically Active	5877

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Income	Percentage
None income	12%
R1 - R4,800	4,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	7,7%
R9,601 - R19,600	30%
R19,601 - R38,200	24,3%
R38,201 - R76,4000	10,3%
R76,401 - R153,800	5,6%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,1%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,8%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,4%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,3%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	577
Poultry production	376
Vegetable production	1,043
Production of other crops	260
Other	109

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,035
Animals only	664
Mixed farming	188
Other	12

**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	366
R1-R4 800	34
R4 801-R38 400	1,171
R38 401-R307 200	239
R307 201+	41
Unspecified	48

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Place names

Places in Inkwanca Municipality
Inkwanca NU Masakhe Molteno Sterkstroom

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	21,971
Young (0-14)	31%
Working Age (15-64)	62,6%
Elderly (65+)	6,5%
Dependency ratio	59,9
Sex ratio	94,5
Growth rate	0,82% (2001-2011)
Population density	6 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	39,3%
Youth unemployment rate	47,6%
No schooling aged 20+	13,4%
Higher education aged 20+	7,2%
Matric aged 20+	15,2%
Number of households	6,228
Number of Agricultural households	1,899
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	44,6%
Formal dwellings	97,3%
Housing owned/paying off	45,8%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	86,1%
Weekly refuse removal	83,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	29,7%
Electricity for lighting	91,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	20,244
Young (0-14)	33,8%
Working Age (15-64)	62,6%
Elderly (65+)	6,9%
Dependency ratio	68,6%
Sex ratio	88
Growth rate	0,82% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	52,7%
Youth unemployment rate	63,3%
No schooling aged 20+	24,2%
Higher education aged 20+	5,4%
Matric aged 20+	9,5%
Number of households	5,385
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	45%
Formal dwellings	89,4%
Housing owned/paying off	66%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	42,5%
Weekly refuse removal	68,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	19,1%
Electricity for lighting	73,1%

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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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