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Kouga

Quick Fact

According to Census 2011, Kouga Local Municipality has a total population of 98 558 individuals.

3,22% Growth Rate

Kouga Local Municipality is situated in the Cacadu District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province, on the south-eastern coast of South Africa. The major towns that fall within the municipality include Humansdorp, Jeffreys Bay and Hankey.

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People

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4,9% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, Kouga Local Municipality has a total population of 98 558 individuals, 42,6% of whom are coloured, 38,8% are black African, 17,6% are white, and 0,2% are Indian or Asian.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 7,2% have completed primary school, 38,0% have some secondary education, 24,6% have completed matric, and 9,5% have some form of higher education. 4,9% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling. Afrikaans is spoken as a first language by 58,4% of the population, followed by isiXhosa (29,9%) and English (6,4%).

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Group	Percentage
Black African	38,8%
Coloured	42,6%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	17,6%
Other	0,7%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	58,4%
English	6,4%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	29,9%
IsiZulu	0,5%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,7%
Setswana	0,5%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.9%
Not Applicable	1,7%

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Group	Percentage
Married	28,4%
Living together like married partners	9,9%
Never married	55,8%
Widower/Widow	4,1%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	1,4%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,9%
Some Primary	45,3%
Completed Primary	7,8%
Some Secondary	30,9%
Completed Secondary	9,7%
Higher Education	1%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50,7%
Male	49,3%

Living Conditions

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86,9% have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 29 447 households in the municipality with an average household size of 3,2 persons per household. Of all households, 60,4% have access to piped water inside the dwelling and 86,9% have access to electricity for lighting. 35,4% of households are headed by females.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	85,5%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	14,5%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	83%	17%
Computer	23,1%	76,9%
Television	75,7%	24,3%
Satellite Television	31,4%	68,6%
Radio	64%	36%
Landline / Telephone	21,3%	78,7%
Motor Car	35,8%	64,2%
Refrigerator	69,6%	30,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	83,9%	16,1%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	82,1%	60%	86,9%
Gas	4,8%	1,8%	0,2%
Paraffin	9,8%	6,6%	8,1%
Solar	0,2%	0,4%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	4,4%
Wood	2,6%	7,1%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	23,9%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	11,2%
From Cellphone	11,3%
From Work	2,9%
From Elsewhere	2,5%
No Access	72%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	23,5%
Owned and fully paid off	44,6%
Owned but not yet paid off	7,1%
Occupied rent free	20,7%
Other	4,1%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	91,4%
Borehole	2,2%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,9%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,8%
River/Stream	0,7%
Water vendor	0,2%
Water tanker	0,5%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	4,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	64,9%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	10,9%
Chemical toilet	1,6%
Pit toilet with ventilation	1,3%
Pit toilet without ventilation	3,8%
Bucket toilet	11,2%
Other	1,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	83,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,2%
Communal refuse dump	2,5%
Own refuse dump	10,2%
No rubbish disposal	1,9%
Other	0,6%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	83,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,2%
Communal refuse dump	2,5%
Own refuse dump	10,2%
No rubbish disposal	1,9%
Other	0,6%

Economy

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21,5% unemployment rate.

38 412 individuals living in the municipality are economically active (i.e., employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 21,5% are unemployed. The economically active youth (15–34 years) in the area total 19 634, of which 26,7% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	30163
Unemployed	8249
Discouraged Work Seeker	2234
Not Economically Active	23685

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Income	Percentage
None income	15,6%
R1 - R4,800	3,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,8%
R9,601 - R19,600	16,9%
R19,601 - R38,200	20,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,8%
R153,801 - R307,600	7,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,5%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,4%
R2,457,601+	0,3%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	782
Poultry production	868
Vegetable production	661
Production of other crops	318
Other	654

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	466
Animals only	1,016
Mixed farming	317
Other	203

**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	362
R1-R4 800	47
R4 801-R38 400	956
R38 401-R307 200	487
R307 201+	88
Unspecified	62

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Place names

Places in Kouga Municipality
Cape St Francis Gamtoos Mouth Hankey Humansdorp Jeffrey's Bay Kouga NU Kromrivier KwaNomzamo Loerieheuwel Oyster Bay Patensie St Francis Bay Thornhill

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	98,558
Young (0-14)	26,8%
Working Age (15-64)	65,3%
Elderly (65+)	7,9%
Dependency ratio	53,2
Sex ratio	97,2
Growth rate	3,22% (2001-2011)
Population density	37 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	21,5%
Youth unemployment rate	26,7%
No schooling aged 20+	4,9%
Higher education aged 20+	9,5%
Matric aged 20+	24,5%
Number of households	29,447
Number of Agricultural households	2,002
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	35,4%
Formal dwellings	76,1%
Housing owned/paying off	51,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	64,9%
Weekly refuse removal	83,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	60,4%
Electricity for lighting	86,9%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	71,390
Young (0-14)	26,8%
Working Age (15-64)	65,3%
Elderly (65+)	7,1%
Dependency ratio	51,3%
Sex ratio	94,5
Growth rate	2,42% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	26,3%
Youth unemployment rate	32,5%
No schooling aged 20+	10,5%
Higher education aged 20+	6,3%
Matric aged 20+	21,3%
Number of households	19,427
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	30,4%
Formal dwellings	73,1%
Housing owned/paying off	48%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	51,8%
Weekly refuse removal	77,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	38,9%
Electricity for lighting	76,1%

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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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