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Nelson Mandela Bay

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Population of 1,152,115 – Census 2011

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is located on the south- eastern coast of Africa in the Eastern Cape. It is one of eight category A municipalities in South Africa. In 2001, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality was formed as an administrative area covering Port Elizabeth, the neighbouring towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, and the surrounding agricultural areas. Nelson Mandela Bay is a major seaport and automotive manufacturing centre.

The Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) is situated within the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. The initiative is a multibillion-dollar industrial development complex customized for heavy, medium and light industries. It is adjacent to a deepwater port, the Port of Ngqura, and covers 110 km² of land. The city’s unique advantage of possessing two ports, namely Port Elizabeth Harbour and Ngqura, creates an opportunity for the city to establish a strong and vibrant maritime sector.

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People

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12% Higher education aged 20+.

The population of the NMBM is 1 152 115 and it covers an area of 1 950 km². Census 2011 also tells us that there are 324 292 households. The official estimate of the population in 2001 was 1 005 779 people and 260 799 households.

According to Census 2011, 60,1% of respondents described themselves as black African, 23,6% coloured, 14,4% white and 1,1% Indian/Asian. Of the population, 552 994 (48%) are male and 599 121 (52%) are female.

Young people (0–14 years) constitute 25,5% of the population, youth (15–35 years) 37,1%, adults (36–64 years) 31,4% and the elderly (65+ years) 6%.

IsiXhosa is spoken by 53,2% of the residents as their mother tongue. Afrikaans is the mother tongue of 28,9%, and English 13,3%.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	60,1%
Coloured	23,6%
Indian/Asian	1,1%
White	14,4%
Other	0,8%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	28,9%
English	13,3%
IsiNdebele	0,3%
IsiXhosa	53,2%
IsiZulu	0,4%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,4%
Setswana	0,3%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	1%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	26,1%
Living together like married partners	5%
Never married	62,3%
Widower/Widow	4%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,7%
Some Primary	39,3%
Completed Primary	5,6%
Some Secondary	33%
Completed Secondary	15%
Higher Education	2,7%
Not Applicable	1,6%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52%
Male	48%

Living Conditions

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90,5% Use electricity for lighting

90,5% Electricity

The average household income p.a. increased from R53 904 in 2001 to R105 602 in 2011.

Census 2011 shows that 90,5,% of households are using electricity as the main source of energy for lighting, 85,9% for heating and 54,5% for cooking. Of the households, 90% have access to piped water inside their dwellings.

Nelson Mandela Bay Metro consistently has the highest percentage of households with access to flush/ chemical toilets (89,4%) and lowest percentage with no access to a toilet (1,9%), compared to other district municipalities in the Eastern Cape.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	97,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	2,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	85,5%	14,5%
Computer	26,3%	73,7%
Television	83,9%	16,1%
Satellite Television	29,3%	70,7%
Radio	67,9%	32,1%
Landline / Telephone	23,5%	76,5%
Motor Car	35,6%	64,4%
Refrigerator	78,2%	21,8%
Electric / Gas-Stove	85,1%	14,9%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	85,9%	54,5%	90,5%
Gas	3,3%	2,1%	0,2%
Paraffin	9,6%	21,1%	7,6%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	1,2%
Wood	0,6%	1,8%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,2%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	20%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	11%
From Cellphone	14%
From Work	4,8%
From Elsewhere	5%
No Access	65,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	19,3%
Owned and fully paid off	47,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	14,2%
Occupied rent free	15,8%
Other	3,5%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	96,6%
Borehole	0,6%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,3%
River/Stream	0,1%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	0,6%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	1,9%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	87,4%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2%
Chemical toilet	0,1%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,4%
Pit toilet without ventilation	1,2%
Bucket toilet	6,3%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	82,9%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	8,6%
Communal refuse dump	2,3%
Own refuse dump	3,3%
No rubbish disposal	2,2%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	82,9%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	8,6%
Communal refuse dump	2,3%
Own refuse dump	3,3%
No rubbish disposal	2,2%
Other	0,8%

Economy

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36,6% Unemployment rate.

The unemployment rate in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality was 36,6% in 2011, compared to 46,4% and 36,3% in 2001 and 1996 respectively.

According to ECSECC (Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council), the GDP growth rate for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality was 2,1% in 2010 and the GDP per capita R52 147. The largest economic sectors in the Nelson Mandela Metro are manufacturing, finance, community services and transport. Community services, trade and manufacturing sectors are the sectors that create the most employment in the metro.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	290155
Unemployed	167229
Discouraged Work Seeker	41859
Not Economically Active	289969

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Income	Percentage
None income	15,8%
R1 - R4,800	4,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	6,1%
R9,601 - R19,600	15,9%
R19,601 - R38,200	17,2%
R38,201 - R76,4000	12,9%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,7%
R153,801 - R307,600	9%
R307,601 - R614,400	5,6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,6%
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	3,320
Poultry production	3,575
Vegetable production	7,659
Production of other crops	2,342
Other	6,427

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	6,587
Animals only	2,877
Mixed farming	2,157
Other	2,543

**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	3,826
R1-R4 800	394
R4 801-R38 400	5,723
R38 401-R307 200	3,091
R307 201+	665
Unspecified	465

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Place names

Places in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
Bethelsdorp Blue Horizon Bay Clarendon Marine Colchester Despatch iBhayi KwaNobuhle Motherwell Nelson Mandela Bay NU Port Elizabeth Uitenhage Woodridge

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	1,152,115
Young (0-14)	25,5%
Working Age (15-64)	68,5%
Elderly (65+)	6%
Dependency ratio	46
Sex ratio	92,3
Growth rate	1,36% (2001-2011)
Population density	588 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	36,6%
Youth unemployment rate	47,3%
No schooling aged 20+	3%
Higher education aged 20+	12%
Matric aged 20+	30,5%
Number of households	324,292
Number of Agricultural households	14,165
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	40,6%
Formal dwellings	87,2%
Housing owned/paying off	61,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	87,4%
Weekly refuse removal	82,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	74,1%
Electricity for lighting	90,5%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	1,005,779
Young (0-14)	26,2%
Working Age (15-64)	68,5%
Elderly (65+)	5,3%
Dependency ratio	45,9%
Sex ratio	91,2
Growth rate	0,73% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	46,4%
Youth unemployment rate	56,3%
No schooling aged 20+	6,8%
Higher education aged 20+	8,9%
Matric aged 20+	24,8%
Number of households	260,799
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	38,6%
Formal dwellings	75,2%
Housing owned/paying off	59,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	77,6%
Weekly refuse removal	86,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	47%
Electricity for lighting	75,2%

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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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