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Lekwa-Teemane

Quick Fact

According to Census 2011 the total population is 53,248

2,15% Growth rate

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality (NW396) is approximately 3 681 km² in extent. This land mass makes up 7,75% of the total area of the Dr. Ruth S Mompati District Municipality area. The administrative centre of the municipality is in the rural area of Christiana. The other offices are located in Bloemhof. The major towns are Bloemhof and Christiana, which are predominantly farming towns, hence the major private-sector employers are farmers. Both of these towns can be described as rural to semi-rural and spreads. Apart from these two rural towns, most of the residents live in villages and townships. Christiana and Bloemhof are about 60 km away from each other. The Christiana area is composed of Christiana town, Geluksoord township, Christiana farms and the Utlwanang township, whereas the Bloemhof area is composed of Bloemhof town, Bloemhof farms and the Coverdale township, Salamat township and Boitumelong township.

With a total of 14 930 households, Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality has the smallest population in the Dr RSM district. The average population density for Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality has increased from 13,5 people per km2 in 2001 to 14,5 people per km2 in 2011. The municipality is divided into seven administration wards and has a total of 14 councillors (both ward councillors and PR councillors).

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Lekwa-Teemane , North West

53,248

166

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52,642

167

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168

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51,056

169

People

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20,8% of those aged 20 years and older have Matric.

The most dominant language spoken within the municipality is SeTswana (68,7%), followed by Afrikaans (19%), while the least spoken languages are Xitsonga and Tshivenda, which stood at 0,1% according to Census 2011 results. A total of 81,2% of the municipal population classify themselves as black African, 10,4% are white, 7,4% are coloured, and 0,6% are Indian/Asian. Of the 53 248 residents, about 50,1% are female, while 49,9% are male. A large proportion of the municipal population (67,7%) has never married, with only 19% being married and 8,3% not married but living together like married partners.

The largest proportion (34,2%) of Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is aged 15–34 years, followed by those aged 0–14 years (31,9%). The population aged 35–64 years accounts for 27,9% and those aged 65 years and older account for 6,2% of the entire municipal population.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	81,2%
Coloured	7,4%
Indian/Asian	0,6%
White	10,4%
Other	0,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	17,5%
English	2,1%
IsiNdebele	0,8%
IsiXhosa	5,4%
IsiZulu	1,2%
Sepedi	0,3%
Sesotho	5,9%
Setswana	63,3%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,3%
Other	0.9%
Not Applicable	1,7%

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Group	Percentage
Married	19%
Living together like married partners	8,3%
Never married	67,7%
Widower/Widow	3,6%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,8%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,5%
Some Primary	50,5%
Completed Primary	6,1%
Some Secondary	28,4%
Completed Secondary	8,2%
Higher Education	0,9%
Not Applicable	1,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50%
Male	50%

Living Conditions

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86,1% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

55,2% of households use electricity for heating and about 81% for cooking.

A total of 91% of the households within the municipality have access to a flush toilet, of which 87% thereof is a flush toilet connected to a sewage system and 3,9% is flush toilet with a septic tank. A total of 3% of households use a pit toilet, with 1% using a pit toilet with ventilation and 2% using a pit toilet without ventilation.

75% of the municipal households have their refuse removed by the municipality, whereas only 12% use their own refuse dump.

About 99% of households have access to piped (tap) water. Of this percentage, 29,5% have access inside their dwelling units, 67% inside their yards, 1,5% have access to tap water on a community stand that is a distance of less than 200 m from their yards, and 0,5% travel between 200 m and 500 m to access tap water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	91,6%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	8,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	85,1%	14,9%
Computer	12%	88%
Television	71,1%	28,9%
Satellite Television	16%	84%
Radio	59,6%	40,4%
Landline / Telephone	7,5%	92,5%
Motor Car	23,3%	76,7%
Refrigerator	64,6%	35,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	81,4%	18,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	81,1%	55,2%	86,1%
Gas	3,3%	1,5%	0,1%
Paraffin	9,9%	2,9%	2,6%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,4%
Candles	0%	0%	10,5%
Wood	5,1%	19,1%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,5%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,4%	20,6%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,2%
From Cellphone	13,8%
From Work	2,5%
From Elsewhere	1,9%
No Access	78,5%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	17,1%
Owned and fully paid off	50,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	3,6%
Occupied rent free	27,6%
Other	1,3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	87,8%
Borehole	9,8%
Spring	0%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,9%
River/Stream	0,4%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	0,3%
Other	0,4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	4,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	86,8%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,9%
Chemical toilet	0,1%
Pit toilet with ventilation	1%
Pit toilet without ventilation	2%
Bucket toilet	0,5%
Other	1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	73,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,6%
Communal refuse dump	5,2%
Own refuse dump	11,7%
No rubbish disposal	7,5%
Other	0,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	73,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,6%
Communal refuse dump	5,2%
Own refuse dump	11,7%
No rubbish disposal	7,5%
Other	0,4%

Economy

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30,5% Unemployment rate

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is an agriculture-based municipality, where both livestock and crops are being farmed. Most of its income is derived from the agricultural sector. It has a small-scale cement-production industry. The second largest employer, after the agricultural sector, is the retail trade sector, in both towns of Christiana and Bloemhof.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	11369
Unemployed	4982
Discouraged Work Seeker	2855
Not Economically Active	13846

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,8%
R1 - R4,800	4,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	7,4%
R9,601 - R19,600	21,5%
R19,601 - R38,200	24,5%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	8,1%
R153,801 - R307,600	4,3%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,4%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	807
Poultry production	1,259
Vegetable production	411
Production of other crops	461
Other	390

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	479
Animals only	1,451
Mixed farming	323
Other	126

**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	489
R1-R4 800	55
R4 801-R38 400	1,332
R38 401-R307 200	408
R307 201+	59
Unspecified	35

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Place names

Places in Lekwa-Teemane Municipality
Bloemhof Boitumelong Christiana Coverndale Geluksoord Lekwa-Teemane NU Utlwanang

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	53,248
Young (0-14)	31,8%
Working Age (15-64)	62,1%
Elderly (65+)	6,1%
Dependency ratio	61,1
Sex ratio	99,8
Growth rate	2,15% (2001-2011)
Population density	14 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	30,5%
Youth unemployment rate	39,3%
No schooling aged 20+	17,9%
Higher education aged 20+	5,1%
Matric aged 20+	20,8%
Number of households	14,930
Number of Agricultural households	2,378
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	35,4%
Formal dwellings	79,2%
Housing owned/paying off	53,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	86,8%
Weekly refuse removal	73,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	29,5%
Electricity for lighting	86,1%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	42,967
Young (0-14)	30,8%
Working Age (15-64)	62,1%
Elderly (65+)	5,6%
Dependency ratio	57,3%
Sex ratio	99,6
Growth rate	3,06% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	42,8%
Youth unemployment rate	51,9%
No schooling aged 20+	28,3%
Higher education aged 20+	4,3%
Matric aged 20+	15%
Number of households	10,730
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	36,6%
Formal dwellings	67%
Housing owned/paying off	58,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	63%
Weekly refuse removal	74,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	16%
Electricity for lighting	71,2%

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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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