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Mookgopong

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According to Census 2011, of the 35 640 people in Mookgophong Local Municipality.

Mookgophong is a charming and thriving town in the Waterberg encircled by peaceful nature reserves and steaming hot springs. The Bushveld climate and attractive resorts in the area attract holidaymakers all year round.

Mookgophong (previously known as Naboomspruit) dates back to the late 1800’s when it was a rest station for the Pretoria-Polokwane mail coach. Although the little village eventually developed around the railway station on the farm Naboomspruit, Mookgophong owes its growth largely to the discovery of minerals in the area in the early 1900’s. The discovery of tin led to a “tin rush” in 1910 and turned this little village into a boom town of restaurants, cabarets and trading stores. The discovery of platinum in later years added to the town’s expansion.The town is named after the euphorbia tree. The new name Mookgophong has the same meaning as the original Naboomspruit.

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People

Quick Fact

12% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, of the 35 640 people in Mookgophong Local Municipality, 85,6% are black African, 13,2% are white, with the other population groups making up the remaining 1,2%.

Most of those aged 20 years and older (37,7%) have some secondary education, 23,2% have completed matric, 19,8% have some primary education and 7,3% have some form of higher education. Of the mentioned age group, 12,0% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	85,6%
Coloured	0,4%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	13,2%
Other	0,6%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	13,1%
English	2,5%
IsiNdebele	2,9%
IsiXhosa	0,5%
IsiZulu	1,2%
Sepedi	50,2%
Sesotho	6,2%
Setswana	1,3%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0,2%
Tshivenda	1,6%
Xitsonga	12,3%
Other	6.2%
Not Applicable	1,6%

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Group	Percentage
Married	27,6%
Living together like married partners	7,9%
Never married	60,8%
Widower/Widow	2,6%
Separated	0,3%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,1%
Some Primary	40,1%
Completed Primary	7,3%
Some Secondary	36%
Completed Secondary	10,6%
Higher Education	1,2%
Not Applicable	0,8%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	48,6%
Male	51,4%

Living Conditions

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85,3% Use electricity for lighting.

The majority of the 9 918 households in the area have access to piped water in the dwelling (41,6%) or in the yard (49,8%). Only 2,6% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	72,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	27,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	86,8%	13,2%
Computer	15,1%	84,9%
Television	70,8%	29,2%
Satellite Television	21,6%	78,4%
Radio	61,9%	38,1%
Landline / Telephone	11,6%	88,4%
Motor Car	27,1%	72,9%
Refrigerator	60,4%	39,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	72,7%	27,3%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	76%	61,7%	85,4%
Gas	2,6%	1%	0,2%
Paraffin	3,5%	1,3%	0,3%
Solar	0,2%	0,6%	0,1%
Candles	0%	0%	13,8%
Wood	17,4%	17,8%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	17,4%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	5,2%
From Cellphone	19,1%
From Work	2%
From Elsewhere	2,8%
No Access	70,9%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	28,4%
Owned and fully paid off	40,6%
Owned but not yet paid off	4,1%
Occupied rent free	23,1%
Other	3,9%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	66,4%
Borehole	27,4%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,4%
River/Stream	0,7%
Water vendor	0,2%
Water tanker	2,7%
Other	0,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	5,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	61,4%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	5,3%
Chemical toilet	0,9%
Pit toilet with ventilation	3,2%
Pit toilet without ventilation	19,3%
Bucket toilet	2%
Other	2,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	64%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	2,1%
Own refuse dump	27,5%
No rubbish disposal	4,3%
Other	1,1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	64%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	2,1%
Own refuse dump	27,5%
No rubbish disposal	4,3%
Other	1,1%

Economy

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29,2% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 15 791 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 23,5% are unemployed.

29,2% of the 8 654 economically active youth (15–35 years) in the area are unemployed.

Agricultural activities include cattle, poultry, game, maize, wheat, sunflower, grapes, citrus and vegetables.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	12086
Unemployed	3705
Discouraged Work Seeker	914
Not Economically Active	7390

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Income	Percentage
None income	11,5%
R1 - R4,800	3,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	6,7%
R9,601 - R19,600	24,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	24,9%
R38,201 - R76,4000	14,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	7,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	4,5%
R307,601 - R614,400	2,1%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,6%
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	331
Poultry production	339
Vegetable production	484
Production of other crops	783
Other	308

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	952
Animals only	334
Mixed farming	201
Other	110

**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	387
R1-R4 800	46
R4 801-R38 400	765
R38 401-R307 200	301
R307 201+	55
Unspecified	43

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Place names

Places in Mookgopong Municipality
Mookgopong Mookgopong Munic NU Roedtan Thusang

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	35,640
Young (0-14)	25,7%
Working Age (15-64)	67,6%
Elderly (65+)	6,7%
Dependency ratio	47,9
Sex ratio	105,9
Growth rate	0,31% (2001-2011)
Population density	6 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	23,5%
Youth unemployment rate	29,2%
No schooling aged 20+	12%
Higher education aged 20+	7,3%
Matric aged 20+	23,1%
Number of households	9,918
Number of Agricultural households	1,597
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	37,2%
Formal dwellings	89,3%
Housing owned/paying off	44,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	61,4%
Weekly refuse removal	64,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	41,6%
Electricity for lighting	85,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	34,541
Young (0-14)	28,4%
Working Age (15-64)	67,6%
Elderly (65+)	6,2%
Dependency ratio	52,8%
Sex ratio	100,7
Growth rate	15,8% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	17%
Youth unemployment rate	22,3%
No schooling aged 20+	25,4%
Higher education aged 20+	5,4%
Matric aged 20+	14,3%
Number of households	7,561
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	33,2%
Formal dwellings	69,8%
Housing owned/paying off	34,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	45%
Weekly refuse removal	37,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	20,3%
Electricity for lighting	56,8%

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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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