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Mamusa

Quick Fact

The total population is 60,355.

2,21% Growth Rate

Mamusa Local Municipality (NW393) covers a total area of approximately 3 681 km². This land mass is 7,8% of the total area of the Dr. Ruth S Mompati District Municipality.

The administrative centre of the municipality is in the rural area of Schweizer-Reneke situated on the banks of the Harts River and at the foot of the Mamusa hills. The town of Schweizer-Reneke is the only town in Mamusa Local Municipality and is surrounded by agricultural farms. Schweizer-Reneke is the main administration centre for the local municipality and is closer to the township called Ipelegeng.

Other townships under Mamusa Local Municipality include Amalia, Glodina, Migdol and Sharon. The Mamusa Local Municipality is situated about 70 km from Vryburg, where the district municipality offices reside.

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61,897

159

Ndlambe , Eastern Cape

61,176

160

Mamusa , North West

60,355

161

Nketoana , Free State

60,324

162

Mafube , Free State

57,876

163

Ventersdorp , North West

56,702

164

People

Quick Fact

17,3% of the population aged 20+ have Matric.

The language most often spoken within the municipality is SeTswana (86,5%), followed by Afrikaans (7,4%) and Sesotho (2,2%), while the least spoken languages are Xitsonga and Tshivenda, which each stood at 0,1% according to Census 2011 results. A total of 91,5% of the municipal population classify themselves as black African, while 5,5% are white, 2,2% are coloured, and 0,5% are Indian/Asian. Of the 60 355 people who make up the population, about 50,4% are female, while 49,6% are male. A high proportion of the municipal population (71,1%) has never married, with only 17% who are married and 7,8% who are not married but living together like married partners.

A large proportion of the Mamusa Local Municipality is aged 0–14 years (36,5%), followed by the population aged 15–34 years (33,6%), while those aged 35–64 years account for 24,9% and those aged 65 years and older account for 5% of the entire municipal population.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	91,4%
Coloured	2,2%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	5,5%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	7,2%
English	1,7%
IsiNdebele	0,8%
IsiXhosa	0,9%
IsiZulu	0,9%
Sepedi	0,3%
Sesotho	2,2%
Setswana	84,7%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.6%
Not Applicable	0,5%

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Group	Percentage
Married	16,9%
Living together like married partners	7,8%
Never married	71,1%
Widower/Widow	3,2%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,5%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	5,3%
Some Primary	53,1%
Completed Primary	6,6%
Some Secondary	27,6%
Completed Secondary	6,6%
Higher Education	0,5%
Not Applicable	0,3%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50,4%
Male	49,6%

Living Conditions

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According to census 2011, 80,8% of households had access to electricity for lighting.

64,3% of households use electricity for heating, and 74,6% use electricity for cooking.

A total of 63,8% of the households within the municipality have access to a flush toilet, of which 59,3% are a flush toilet connected to a sewage system and 4,5% are a flush toilet with a septic tank. A total of 20,3% of households used a pit toilet, with 11,3% using a pit toilet with ventilation and 9% using a pit toilet without ventilation.

About 49,8% of the municipal households have their refuse disposal removed by the municipality, whereas 33% use their own refuse dump.

About 96% of households have access to piped (tap) water. From this percentage, 22% have access inside their dwelling units, 54,1% inside their yards, 12,4% access tap water on a community stand that is a distance of less than 200 m away from their yards, while 5% travel between 200 m and 500 m to access tap water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	87,2%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	12,8%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	83,8%	16,2%
Computer	9,2%	90,8%
Television	69,1%	30,9%
Satellite Television	12,4%	87,6%
Radio	63%	37%
Landline / Telephone	4,4%	95,6%
Motor Car	21,3%	78,7%
Refrigerator	61%	39%
Electric / Gas-Stove	75,3%	24,7%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	74,6%	64,3%	80,8%
Gas	2,6%	1%	0,2%
Paraffin	11,5%	6,7%	0,9%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	17,5%
Wood	10%	16,5%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0,4%	0,3%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,5%	10,9%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,2%
From Cellphone	12,3%
From Work	1,8%
From Elsewhere	5,6%
No Access	77,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	12,8%
Owned and fully paid off	44,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	8,4%
Occupied rent free	26,3%
Other	8,1%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	75,6%
Borehole	18,1%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,4%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,1%
River/Stream	0%
Water vendor	0,9%
Water tanker	2,5%
Other	2,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	11,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	59,3%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	4,5%
Chemical toilet	0,5%
Pit toilet with ventilation	11,3%
Pit toilet without ventilation	9%
Bucket toilet	0,6%
Other	3,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	45%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	4,8%
Communal refuse dump	5,1%
Own refuse dump	32,9%
No rubbish disposal	8,8%
Other	3,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	45%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	4,8%
Communal refuse dump	5,1%
Own refuse dump	32,9%
No rubbish disposal	8,8%
Other	3,4%

Economy

Quick Fact

35,1% Unemployment rate.

Mamusa 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. Schweizer-Reneke is surrounded by farms, which are the main employers within the municipality, with a small number employed by the local retail trade sector and government

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	10952
Unemployed	5934
Discouraged Work Seeker	2518
Not Economically Active	15884

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Income	Percentage
None income	14,7%
R1 - R4,800	4,9%
R4,801 - R9,600	10,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	22,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,6%
R38,201 - R76,4000	11,6%
R76,401 - R153,800	6,1%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,9%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,7%
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	1,445
Poultry production	1,737
Vegetable production	789
Production of other crops	1,175
Other	1,257

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	686
Animals only	1,697
Mixed farming	778
Other	144

**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	906
R1-R4 800	104
R4 801-R38 400	1,789
R38 401-R307 200	366
R307 201+	75
Unspecified	65

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Place names

Places in Mamusa Municipality
Amalia Glaudina Mamusa [Schweizer-Reneke] NU Migdol Molatswanene Schweizer-Reneke

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	60,355
Young (0-14)	36,5%
Working Age (15-64)	58,5%
Elderly (65+)	5%
Dependency ratio	71
Sex ratio	98,4
Growth rate	2,21% (2001-2011)
Population density	17 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	35,1%
Youth unemployment rate	45,8%
No schooling aged 20+	24,9%
Higher education aged 20+	4,6%
Matric aged 20+	17,3%
Number of households	14,625
Number of Agricultural households	3,306
Average household size	4
Female headed households	36,5%
Formal dwellings	82,5%
Housing owned/paying off	52,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	59,3%
Weekly refuse removal	45%
Piped water inside dwelling	21,9%
Electricity for lighting	80,8%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	48,366
Young (0-14)	35,3%
Working Age (15-64)	58,5%
Elderly (65+)	4,6%
Dependency ratio	66,5%
Sex ratio	93,9
Growth rate	2,48% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	44,7%
Youth unemployment rate	56,6%
No schooling aged 20+	36,4%
Higher education aged 20+	3,9%
Matric aged 20+	11%
Number of households	10,559
Average household size	4,5
Female headed households	40,6%
Formal dwellings	61,6%
Housing owned/paying off	64,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	24%
Weekly refuse removal	65,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	11,8%
Electricity for lighting	71,3%

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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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