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Naledi

Quick Fact

Total population is 24 314.

-1,22% Growth Rate

There are two municipalities in South Africa with the name Naledi, one in the Free State province and the other in the North West province. Naledi Local Municipality in the Free State province is located in the Xhariep District Municipality, sharing its eastern border with the country of Lesotho.

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Tokologo , Free State

28,986

202

Umsobomvu , Northern Cape

28,376

203

Kannaland , Western Cape

24,767

204

Naledi , Free State

24,314

205

Nxuba , Eastern Cape

24,264

206

Magareng , Northern Cape

24,204

207

Inkwanca , Eastern Cape

21,971

208

People

Quick Fact

6,8% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, the municipality has a total population of 24 314 individuals, 92,4% of whom are black African. Whites make up 4,9% of the population, and other race groups comprise the remaining 2,7%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 7,7% have completed primary school, 33,7% have some secondary education, 18,6% have completed matric, and 5,2% have some form of higher education, while 6,8% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	92,4%
Coloured	1,9%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	4,9%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	7,7%
English	2,3%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	3,3%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	83,7%
Setswana	0,7%
Sign Language	1,1%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.5%
Not Applicable	0,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	21,7%
Living together like married partners	6,5%
Never married	63,4%
Widower/Widow	6,2%
Separated	1,3%
Divorced	0,8%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,3%
Some Primary	47,1%
Completed Primary	6,8%
Some Secondary	34%
Completed Secondary	8,3%
Higher Education	0,5%
Not Applicable	0%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,1%
Male	46,9%

Living Conditions

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93,8% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 7 690 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,1 persons per household. 48,3% of households are headed by females.

93,8% of households have access to electricity for lighting. Only 31,5% of households have access to piped water that is accessible from within the dwelling.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	85,5%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	14,5%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	82,4%	17,6%
Computer	9,6%	90,4%
Television	73,5%	26,5%
Satellite Television	15,5%	84,5%
Radio	78,5%	21,5%
Landline / Telephone	6,1%	93,9%
Motor Car	17,5%	82,5%
Refrigerator	69,3%	30,7%
Electric / Gas-Stove	85%	15%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	82,8%	43,5%	93,8%
Gas	3,9%	2,6%	0,1%
Paraffin	7,2%	33,8%	0,9%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	4,9%
Wood	4,7%	11,5%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,6%	0%
Animal Dung	1%	1,5%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	6,3%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,4%
From Cellphone	15,1%
From Work	2,1%
From Elsewhere	3,7%
No Access	75,7%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	16,5%
Owned and fully paid off	64,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	3%
Occupied rent free	13,8%
Other	2,3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	85,9%
Borehole	9,3%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,5%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,4%
River/Stream	0,2%
Water vendor	0,5%
Water tanker	2%
Other	1,1%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	3,7%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	84,9%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2,1%
Chemical toilet	0,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	3,1%
Pit toilet without ventilation	2,1%
Bucket toilet	2,2%
Other	1,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	46%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,5%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	46,9%
No rubbish disposal	3,7%
Other	1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	46%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,5%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	46,9%
No rubbish disposal	3,7%
Other	1%

Economy

Quick Fact

34,8% Youth unemployment rate.

6 426 people are economically active (i.e. employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 26,4% are unemployed. Of the 3 282 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, 34,8% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	4729
Unemployed	1697
Discouraged Work Seeker	1791
Not Economically Active	6542

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Income	Percentage
None income	14,2%
R1 - R4,800	6,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	10,5%
R9,601 - R19,600	25,9%
R19,601 - R38,200	22,3%
R38,201 - R76,4000	8,9%
R76,401 - R153,800	5,6%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,8%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,3%
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	792
Poultry production	473
Vegetable production	1,951
Production of other crops	263
Other	248

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,815
Animals only	774
Mixed farming	302
Other	48

**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	868
R1-R4 800	163
R4 801-R38 400	1,557
R38 401-R307 200	267
R307 201+	41
Unspecified	42

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Place names

Places in Naledi Municipality
Dewetsdorp Naledi NU Qibing Thapelang Vanstadensrus Wepener

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	24,314
Young (0-14)	32,5%
Working Age (15-64)	60,7%
Elderly (65+)	6,8%
Dependency ratio	64,7
Sex ratio	88,4
Growth rate	-1,22% (2001-2011)
Population density	7 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	26,4%
Youth unemployment rate	34,8%
No schooling aged 20+	6,8%
Higher education aged 20+	5,2%
Matric aged 20+	18,6%
Number of households	7,690
Number of Agricultural households	2,937
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	48,3%
Formal dwellings	84,9%
Housing owned/paying off	67,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	84,9%
Weekly refuse removal	46%
Piped water inside dwelling	31,5%
Electricity for lighting	93,8%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	27,479
Young (0-14)	32,6%
Working Age (15-64)	60,7%
Elderly (65+)	6,6%
Dependency ratio	64,6%
Sex ratio	92,8
Growth rate	1,96% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	37,1%
Youth unemployment rate	48,8%
No schooling aged 20+	15,3%
Higher education aged 20+	4,9%
Matric aged 20+	12%
Number of households	7,575
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	42%
Formal dwellings	74,9%
Housing owned/paying off	56,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	54,7%
Weekly refuse removal	56,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	13,3%
Electricity for lighting	77,9%

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2001

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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