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Modimolle

Quick Fact

According to Census 2011, Modimolle Local Municipality has a total population of 68 513 people.

-0,07% Growth rate

Modimolle Local Municipality is named after the Modimolle mountain. The word Modimolle literally means “the forefather’s spirit has eaten” (Modimo o lle). According to tradition, it often happened that someone would climb the mountain, only to disappear without a trace.

The original name was Nylstroom, named so after the Voortrekkers had come across the north-flowing river and mistook it for the Nile River in Egypt. The fact that there is a pyramid-shaped hill close by only served to strengthen this misconception.

Modimolle, Limpopo, South Africa is a charming town with an expanding business sector which serves as the commercial centre of the Waterberg. Nylstroom (Modimolle) is famous for its export of grapes and other soft fruits like peaches and watermelons.

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People

Quick Fact

10,6% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, Modimolle Local Municipality has a total population of 68 513 people. The majority of the population (88,1%) is black African, followed by whites at 10,8%. The other population groups make up the remaining 1,1%.

Amongst those aged 20 years and older, 23,9 completed/have some primary education, 34,7 have secondary education, 22,0% have completed matric, 8,7% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	88,1%
Coloured	0,4%
Indian/Asian	0,4%
White	10,8%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	10,6%
English	1,9%
IsiNdebele	1,3%
IsiXhosa	0,4%
IsiZulu	1%
Sepedi	61,8%
Sesotho	3,3%
Setswana	5%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0,2%
Tshivenda	1,5%
Xitsonga	9,2%
Other	2.2%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	22,3%
Living together like married partners	7,9%
Never married	66%
Widower/Widow	2,4%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	1%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,9%
Some Primary	45,1%
Completed Primary	7,7%
Some Secondary	31,1%
Completed Secondary	9,3%
Higher Education	0,9%
Not Applicable	1%

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

Living Conditions

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83,3% Use electricity for lighting.

Of the 17 525 households, 50,2% have piped water in their yards. 35,7% of households have piped water in the dwelling, and 3,7% have no access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	85%
Tribal/Traditional	2,3%
Farm	12,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	88,4%	11,6%
Computer	17%	83%
Television	72,1%	27,9%
Satellite Television	26,6%	73,4%
Radio	63%	37%
Landline / Telephone	10,3%	89,7%
Motor Car	27,3%	72,7%
Refrigerator	63,8%	36,2%
Electric / Gas-Stove	75,7%	24,3%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	74,5%	65,3%	83,3%
Gas	4%	2,1%	0,1%
Paraffin	7,2%	1,9%	0,5%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	15,7%
Wood	13,8%	14,2%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	16%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	5,8%
From Cellphone	12,8%
From Work	4,2%
From Elsewhere	4%
No Access	73,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	20%
Owned and fully paid off	50,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	4,8%
Occupied rent free	22,1%
Other	2,9%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	78,7%
Borehole	13,3%
Spring	0,3%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,8%
River/Stream	0,2%
Water vendor	0,4%
Water tanker	3,9%
Other	2,1%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	66,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	6,6%
Chemical toilet	0,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	2,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	16,6%
Bucket toilet	1,3%
Other	3,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	73,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	19,7%
No rubbish disposal	3,7%
Other	1,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	73,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	19,7%
No rubbish disposal	3,7%
Other	1,4%

Economy

Quick Fact

28,9% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 25 353 economically active (employed or unemployed and looking for work) people in the municipality, 22,2% are unemployed.

28,9% of the 11 094 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area are unemployed.

Agricultural commodities include grapes, sheep and cattle, game, nuts, vegetables, and grain.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	19719
Unemployed	5634
Discouraged Work Seeker	1416
Not Economically Active	16912

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Income	Percentage
None income	10,4%
R1 - R4,800	3,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	7,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	18,8%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	16%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,4%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,6%
R307,601 - R614,400	2,6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,7%
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	434
Poultry production	948
Vegetable production	792
Production of other crops	1,034
Other	502

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,355
Animals only	852
Mixed farming	380
Other	205

**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	656
R1-R4 800	97
R4 801-R38 400	1,426
R38 401-R307 200	498
R307 201+	67
Unspecified	50

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Place names

Places in Modimolle Municipality
Alma Leseding Modimolle Modimolle Munic NU Phagameng Vaalwater

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	68,513
Young (0-14)	30,8%
Working Age (15-64)	63,8%
Elderly (65+)	5,4%
Dependency ratio	56,8
Sex ratio	102,5
Growth rate	-0,07% (2001-2011)
Population density	15 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	22,2%
Youth unemployment rate	28,9%
No schooling aged 20+	10,6%
Higher education aged 20+	8,7%
Matric aged 20+	22%
Number of households	17,525
Number of Agricultural households	2,792
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	39,5%
Formal dwellings	87,5%
Housing owned/paying off	54,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	66,1%
Weekly refuse removal	73,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	35,7%
Electricity for lighting	83,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	69,027
Young (0-14)	32%
Working Age (15-64)	63,8%
Elderly (65+)	5,6%
Dependency ratio	60,3%
Sex ratio	99,3
Growth rate	7,81% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	25,1%
Youth unemployment rate	32,2%
No schooling aged 20+	22,6%
Higher education aged 20+	6,7%
Matric aged 20+	15,3%
Number of households	16,964
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	34,5%
Formal dwellings	50,6%
Housing owned/paying off	39%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	37,6%
Weekly refuse removal	39,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	26,6%
Electricity for lighting	54,3%

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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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