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Nama Khoi

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According to the 2011 Census, Nama Khoi Municipality has a total population of 47 041 people.

0,47% Growth Rate

The pretty town of Springbok is found in the heart of the Namaqualand within spitting distance of other typical Namaqualand towns like AlexanderBay, Pofadder, Garies, Kleinzee and Port Nolloth, 570 kilometres north of Cape Town.

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47,041

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People

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2,2% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to the 2011 Census, Nama Khoi Municipality has a total population of 47 041 people of which 88,1% is coloured people ,6,6% white people, 4,2% black African, 0,5 % Indian/Asian and other consisting of 0,8%.Of those aged 20 years and older 20,0% have completed Grade 12, 7,9% has higher education, 43,6% has some secondary education, 10,6% completed primary, 15,7 has some primary and 2,2% of Nama Khoi has no schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	4,2%
Coloured	88,1%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	6,6%
Other	0,8%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	93,2%
English	1%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	1%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0%
Sesotho	0,2%
Setswana	0,6%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.5%
Not Applicable	2,9%

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Group	Percentage
Married	28,7%
Living together like married partners	3,1%
Never married	60,8%
Widower/Widow	5,2%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,7%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,2%
Some Primary	41,9%
Completed Primary	7,1%
Some Secondary	32,1%
Completed Secondary	11,3%
Higher Education	1,1%
Not Applicable	4,3%

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

Living Conditions

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93,7% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 13 193 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,4 persons per household.

74,9% of households have access to piped water inside dwelling/institution
21,0% of households have access to piped water inside yard
93,7% of households have access to electricity for lighting

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Area	Percentage
Urban	92,8%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	7,2%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	81,5%	18,5%
Computer	22,3%	77,7%
Television	83%	17%
Satellite Television	31,7%	68,3%
Radio	78,1%	21,9%
Landline / Telephone	22%	78%
Motor Car	38,4%	61,6%
Refrigerator	82,4%	17,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	92,6%	7,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	91%	79,9%	93,7%
Gas	3,6%	0,7%	0,1%
Paraffin	0,2%	0,1%	0,4%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,7%
Candles	0%	0%	4,7%
Wood	4,4%	8,7%	0%
Coal	0%	0%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,5%	10,2%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	5,5%
From Cellphone	14,3%
From Work	4%
From Elsewhere	1,9%
No Access	74,3%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	14,6%
Owned and fully paid off	68%
Owned but not yet paid off	4,5%
Occupied rent free	9,6%
Other	3,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	90,3%
Borehole	2,9%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,6%
River/Stream	0,7%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	1,3%
Other	1,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	4,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	63,5%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	10,9%
Chemical toilet	1,8%
Pit toilet with ventilation	10,4%
Pit toilet without ventilation	6,6%
Bucket toilet	1,2%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	89,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	0,1%
Own refuse dump	7,6%
No rubbish disposal	2,2%
Other	0,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	89,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	0,1%
Own refuse dump	7,6%
No rubbish disposal	2,2%
Other	0,4%

Economy

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30,1% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 16 016 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) population in the municipality, 22,9% are unemployed.Of the 7 216 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the municipality, 30,1% are unemployed. The Integrated Development Plan for this municipality can be accessed via the following link:

(Source: www.namakhoi.gov.za)

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	12351
Unemployed	3665
Discouraged Work Seeker	1935
Not Economically Active	13526

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Income	Percentage
None income	9,5%
R1 - R4,800	2,5%
R4,801 - R9,600	5%
R9,601 - R19,600	17,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	20,8%
R38,201 - R76,4000	18,3%
R76,401 - R153,800	13,2%
R153,801 - R307,600	8,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,9%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,9%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,3%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	1,493
Poultry production	596
Vegetable production	227
Production of other crops	203
Other	88

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	234
Animals only	1,531
Mixed farming	141
Other	0

**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	395
R1-R4 800	37
R4 801-R38 400	926
R38 401-R307 200	450
R307 201+	39
Unspecified	58

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Place names

Places in Nama Khoi Municipality
Bullettrap Carolusberg Concordia Goodhouse Kleinzee Kleinzee Mine Komaggas Kotzehoop Nababeep Nama Khoi NU Okiep Springbok Steinkopf Vioolsdrift

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	47,041
Young (0-14)	24,9%
Working Age (15-64)	66,9%
Elderly (65+)	8,2%
Dependency ratio	49,4
Sex ratio	97,4
Growth rate	0,47% (2001-2011)
Population density	3 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	22,9%
Youth unemployment rate	30,1%
No schooling aged 20+	2,2%
Higher education aged 20+	7,9%
Matric aged 20+	20%
Number of households	13,193
Number of Agricultural households	1,906
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	39,2%
Formal dwellings	94,7%
Housing owned/paying off	72,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	63,5%
Weekly refuse removal	89,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	74,9%
Electricity for lighting	93,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	44,900
Young (0-14)	28,7%
Working Age (15-64)	66,9%
Elderly (65+)	5,7%
Dependency ratio	52,5%
Sex ratio	96,9
Growth rate	0,48% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	33,1%
Youth unemployment rate	43,4%
No schooling aged 20+	4,7%
Higher education aged 20+	6,6%
Matric aged 20+	16,6%
Number of households	10,972
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	36,4%
Formal dwellings	88,4%
Housing owned/paying off	71,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	64,7%
Weekly refuse removal	86,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	61,2%
Electricity for lighting	85,8%

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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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