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Mbombela

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According to Census 2011 the municipality has a total population estimated at 588 794.

2,11% Growth rate

Mbombela Local Municipality (Swati: A lot of people together in a small space) is located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga Province. The municipality was formed in 2000 by the merger of Hazyview, Nelspruit and White River Local Councils. The municipality is situated in the north eastern part of South Africa within the Lowveld sub region of the Mpumalanga Province.

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People

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11,9% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011 the municipality has a total population estimated at 588 794. 89,4% of the population are black African, 8,7 % are white people, with other population groups making up the remaining 1,9%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 3,6% have completed primary school, 28,7% have some secondary education, 33,4% have completed matric, 12,7% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	89,4%
Coloured	0,9%
Indian/Asian	0,7%
White	8,7%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	6,7%
English	4,6%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	0,2%
IsiZulu	1,5%
Sepedi	0,7%
Sesotho	1,5%
Setswana	0,2%
Sign Language	0,1%
SiSwati	77,6%
Tshivenda	0,3%
Xitsonga	4%
Other	1%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	17%
Living together like married partners	11,2%
Never married	67,3%
Widower/Widow	2,8%
Separated	0,9%
Divorced	0,8%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,7%
Some Primary	40,6%
Completed Primary	6,1%
Some Secondary	31,6%
Completed Secondary	15,3%
Higher Education	2,3%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,5%
Male	48,5%

Living Conditions

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90,2% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 161 773 households in the municipality with an average household size of 3,5 persons per household. 37,1% of households have access to piped water inside dwelling/institution and 27,6% have water in their yard. More than one in five (22,1%) of households do not have access piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	17,7%
Tribal/Traditional	77,3%
Farm	5%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	92,2%	7,8%
Computer	20,2%	79,8%
Television	77,8%	22,2%
Satellite Television	37,2%	62,8%
Radio	71,3%	28,7%
Landline / Telephone	7,8%	92,2%
Motor Car	27,6%	72,4%
Refrigerator	77,7%	22,3%
Electric / Gas-Stove	83,4%	16,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	83,8%	73,1%	90,2%
Gas	2,7%	1,3%	0,3%
Paraffin	4,6%	1,6%	1,4%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	7,6%
Wood	8,3%	9,3%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	14,1%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,5%
From Cellphone	20,7%
From Work	5%
From Elsewhere	3,6%
No Access	64,3%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	17,3%
Owned and fully paid off	58,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	7,6%
Occupied rent free	14,4%
Other	1,9%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	61,8%
Borehole	10,1%
Spring	1,4%
Rain water tank	0,7%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,3%
River/Stream	4,2%
Water vendor	3,1%
Water tanker	11,2%
Other	5,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	7,2%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	28,4%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,9%
Chemical toilet	1,5%
Pit toilet with ventilation	13,3%
Pit toilet without ventilation	43,6%
Bucket toilet	0,8%
Other	1,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	29,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,2%
Communal refuse dump	1,7%
Own refuse dump	59,6%
No rubbish disposal	7,2%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	29,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,2%
Communal refuse dump	1,7%
Own refuse dump	59,6%
No rubbish disposal	7,2%
Other	0,8%

Economy

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37,6% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 228 237 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 28,1% are unemployed.

37,6% of the 122 237 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	164000
Unemployed	64237
Discouraged Work Seeker	20771
Not Economically Active	139312

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Income	Percentage
None income	13%
R1 - R4,800	4,9%
R4,801 - R9,600	7,8%
R9,601 - R19,600	18,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	20,6%
R38,201 - R76,4000	13,3%
R76,401 - R153,800	8,7%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,8%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,4%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,4%
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	5,580
Poultry production	15,629
Vegetable production	13,567
Production of other crops	8,042
Other	4,819

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	14,358
Animals only	13,377
Mixed farming	5,102
Other	1,812

**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	9,209
R1-R4 800	1,534
R4 801-R38 400	17,637
R38 401-R307 200	4,872
R307 201+	672
Unspecified	725

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Place names

Places in Mbombela Municipality
Aldie Backdoor Berlin State Forest Bhekiswayo Boschrand Heights Broedersvrede Buyelani Daantjie Drum Rock Dwaleni Elandshoek Emoyeni Entokozweni Forsicht Ga-Tshwene Gutshwa Gutshwakop Hazyview Hlauhlau Jerusalem Kabokweni Kanyamazane Karino Khumbula Kruger National Park Legogote Lundi Luphisi Mahukube Mahukule A Mahushu Makawusi Makoko Malekutu Manzini Matsulu Mbombela Mbombela NU Mgcobaneni Mhwayi Mpakeni Msholozi Msogwaba Mthimba Newscom Ngodini Ngodwana Nkambeni Nkohlakalo Nsikazi Numbi Nyamazaneni Nyongane Phakane Phameni Phathwa Phola Pienaar Primkop Renosterkop Salubindza Sandfort Sherwood Siphelanyane Starvation Creek Nature Reserve Swalala Tekwane Tekwane Estate Tshabalala Verdoux Villa Sabie White River Zwelisha

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	588,794
Young (0-14)	29,8%
Working Age (15-64)	66%
Elderly (65+)	4,2%
Dependency ratio	51,6
Sex ratio	94,3
Growth rate	2,11% (2001-2011)
Population density	109 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	28,1%
Youth unemployment rate	37,6%
No schooling aged 20+	11,9%
Higher education aged 20+	12,7%
Matric aged 20+	33,3%
Number of households	161,773
Number of Agricultural households	34,648
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	38,9%
Formal dwellings	92,7%
Housing owned/paying off	66,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	28,4%
Weekly refuse removal	29,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	37,1%
Electricity for lighting	90,2%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	476,903
Young (0-14)	34,6%
Working Age (15-64)	66%
Elderly (65+)	4%
Dependency ratio	62,6%
Sex ratio	91,3
Growth rate	2,25% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	37,7%
Youth unemployment rate	46,9%
No schooling aged 20+	25,1%
Higher education aged 20+	7,7%
Matric aged 20+	21,8%
Number of households	112,321
Average household size	3,9
Female headed households	38,8%
Formal dwellings	84,7%
Housing owned/paying off	71,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	23,1%
Weekly refuse removal	25%
Piped water inside dwelling	20%
Electricity for lighting	71,4%

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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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