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Lephalale

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Lephalale is the fastest growing town in the Waterberg district. There are 115 767 people in the district.

3,06% Growth rate

Lephalale Local Municipality is named after the local river, a tributary of the Limpopo River, which has been the source of life to the people of this area for centuries. The town of Lephalale is located a mere 280 km from Tshwane and is a recognised gateway to Botswana and other Southern African countries. Lephalale is the home of the Medupi Power Station that is currently under construction. The Matimba Power Station delivers 3 990 megawatts to the South African grid.

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People

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9,9% of those 20+ have no schooling.

Lephalale is the fastest growing town in the Waterberg district. There are 115 767 people in the district. 9 out of every 10 residents (90,1%) are black African, followed by whites at 7,9%, with other population groups making up the remaining 2%.

Amongst those aged 20 years and older, 37% have secondary education, 23,5% have completed matric, 11,6% have some form of higher education, 17,8 completed/have some primary education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	90,7%
Coloured	0,9%
Indian/Asian	0,3%
White	7,9%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	7,5%
English	2,9%
IsiNdebele	1,1%
IsiXhosa	0,9%
IsiZulu	1,7%
Sepedi	48%
Sesotho	1,6%
Setswana	22,4%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0,2%
Tshivenda	1,4%
Xitsonga	2,8%
Other	2.2%
Not Applicable	7,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	23,7%
Living together like married partners	4,9%
Never married	68,7%
Widower/Widow	1,9%
Separated	0,3%
Divorced	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,4%
Some Primary	37,7%
Completed Primary	6%
Some Secondary	35,9%
Completed Secondary	11,9%
Higher Education	1,5%
Not Applicable	4,6%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	45,7%
Male	54,3%

Living Conditions

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85,0% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 29 880 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,4 persons per household.

67,0% of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard and 22,0% access piped water on a community stand with a distance less than 200m from dwelling.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	39,8%
Tribal/Traditional	45,2%
Farm	14,9%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	89,8%	10,2%
Computer	17,2%	82,8%
Television	63,5%	36,5%
Satellite Television	31,7%	68,3%
Radio	56,7%	43,3%
Landline / Telephone	5%	95%
Motor Car	26,8%	73,2%
Refrigerator	65%	35%
Electric / Gas-Stove	72,6%	27,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	60,4%	60,4%	85%
Gas	3,1%	0,9%	0,1%
Paraffin	7,4%	4,7%	0,5%
Solar	0,1%	0,5%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	13,9%
Wood	28,8%	20,9%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	12,5%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	4,9%
From Cellphone	17,4%
From Work	4,8%
From Elsewhere	2,8%
No Access	70,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	27,7%
Owned and fully paid off	34%
Owned but not yet paid off	6,7%
Occupied rent free	28%
Other	3,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	71%
Borehole	19,2%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,4%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,7%
River/Stream	1,5%
Water vendor	1,1%
Water tanker	3,7%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	5,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	39,5%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	5,5%
Chemical toilet	1,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	24,1%
Pit toilet without ventilation	22,7%
Bucket toilet	0,6%
Other	1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	41%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	3,6%
Own refuse dump	43,4%
No rubbish disposal	10,5%
Other	0,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	41%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	3,6%
Own refuse dump	43,4%
No rubbish disposal	10,5%
Other	0,5%

Economy

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26,9% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 45 527 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 22,2% are unemployed.

26,9% of the 26 368 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the municipality are unemployed.

The building site of the Medupi Power Station and the operational Matimba Power Station are the largest sources of employment together with agricultural activities such as cattle, poultry, and game farming.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	35327
Unemployed	10100
Discouraged Work Seeker	1565
Not Economically Active	33699

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,5%
R1 - R4,800	3,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	6,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	16,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	20,2%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	11,2%
R153,801 - R307,600	7,9%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,7%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,5%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,4%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	3,627
Poultry production	2,668
Vegetable production	903
Production of other crops	1,909
Other	724

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,297
Animals only	3,893
Mixed farming	1,278
Other	289

**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	1,889
R1-R4 800	140
R4 801-R38 400	3,450
R38 401-R307 200	1,063
R307 201+	113
Unspecified	102

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Place names

Places in Lephalale Municipality
Bangalong Bossche Diesch Botsalanong Botshabelo Dimpompong Ditloung Ga-Machoko Ga-Monyeki Ga-Seleka GaSeleka Hlagalakwena Honey Kauletsi Kgobagadimo Khopanong Kitty Lebu Lephalale Lephalale NU Lerupurung Letlora Magadimela Mapela Marapong Melinda Mmaletswai Mongalo Moong Morwe Motsweding Reabetswe Sefetlhogo Senoela Shongoane Thabo Mbeki Tlapaliburethi Tshelamake Witpoort

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	115,767
Young (0-14)	26,2%
Working Age (15-64)	69,7%
Elderly (65+)	4,1%
Dependency ratio	43,5
Sex ratio	118,6
Growth rate	3,06% (2001-2011)
Population density	8 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	22,2%
Youth unemployment rate	26,9%
No schooling aged 20+	9,9%
Higher education aged 20+	11,6%
Matric aged 20+	23,5%
Number of households	29,880
Number of Agricultural households	6,757
Average household size	3,3
Female headed households	39,1%
Formal dwellings	82,3%
Housing owned/paying off	40,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	39,5%
Weekly refuse removal	41%
Piped water inside dwelling	31,4%
Electricity for lighting	85%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	85,272
Young (0-14)	35,9%
Working Age (15-64)	69,7%
Elderly (65+)	4,5%
Dependency ratio	67,9%
Sex ratio	93,5
Growth rate	1,6% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	18,5%
Youth unemployment rate	24%
No schooling aged 20+	24,6%
Higher education aged 20+	6,2%
Matric aged 20+	13,9%
Number of households	20,277
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	43,7%
Formal dwellings	76,8%
Housing owned/paying off	41,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	30,1%
Weekly refuse removal	24%
Piped water inside dwelling	22,4%
Electricity for lighting	69,3%

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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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