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Nketoana

Quick Fact

74% of the population lives in formal residences.

-0,27% Growth Rate

The Nketoana Municipality is situated within the Thabo Mafutsanyana District Municpality in the Eastern Free State. It comprises of Reitz, Petsana, PetrusSteyn, Mamafubedu, Lindley, Ntha, Arlington and Leretswana.

The municipality is 54km from Bethlehem, 240km from Johannesburg and 60 km from the N3 road. The main economic activities in the area are agriculture and retail businesses.

Nketoana Local Municipality is named after the Leibenbergsvlei River, which is Nketoana in Sesotho. The highest population density is found in the Reitz/Petsana area. The municipality accommodates approximately 60 324 people and covers an area of 5 611km2. In terms of enumeration area (EA) types, 74% of the population lives in formal residences.

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People

Quick Fact

12,7% of those 20+ have no schooling.

The population size of the Nketoana Local Municipality is estimated at approximately 60 324, that is 8% of the total population of Thabo Mofutsanyana. Nketoana is situated in the north-eastern parts of the Free State within the regional boundaries of the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality.

The languages spoken in Nkentoana are predominantly Sesotho, Isizulu and Afrikaans.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	91,4%
Coloured	0,3%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	7,8%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	8,6%
English	1,1%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	0,8%
IsiZulu	10,6%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	75,2%
Setswana	0,2%
Sign Language	1,7%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.3%
Not Applicable	1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	23%
Living together like married partners	6,3%
Never married	63,3%
Widower/Widow	5,7%
Separated	1,1%
Divorced	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,5%
Some Primary	46,9%
Completed Primary	6,5%
Some Secondary	32,5%
Completed Secondary	9%
Higher Education	0,7%
Not Applicable	1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52,6%
Male	47,4%

Living Conditions

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84,7% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 17 318 households (Census 2011) in the Nketoana Local Municipality. The municipality covers a total area of 5 611km², and has an average household size of 3,5 persons per household.

In the municipality, 72% of households do not have access to piped water inside the dwelling unit, 39% are without access to flush toilets, and 15% are without access to electricity.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	81,2%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	18,8%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	86,2%	13,8%
Computer	12,3%	87,7%
Television	72,2%	27,8%
Satellite Television	16,6%	83,4%
Radio	75,6%	24,4%
Landline / Telephone	7,5%	92,5%
Motor Car	22,4%	77,6%
Refrigerator	67,8%	32,2%
Electric / Gas-Stove	77,6%	22,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	74,1%	54,3%	84,7%
Gas	2,7%	2,5%	0,1%
Paraffin	3,5%	2,6%	0,6%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	14,2%
Wood	16,3%	25,9%	0%
Coal	2,3%	6,9%	0%
Animal Dung	0,9%	1,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	6,6%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,5%
From Cellphone	15,6%
From Work	2,2%
From Elsewhere	3,9%
No Access	74,7%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	19,9%
Owned and fully paid off	50,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	7,2%
Occupied rent free	20,2%
Other	2,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	80,7%
Borehole	14,3%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,6%
River/Stream	0,1%
Water vendor	0,6%
Water tanker	2,5%
Other	0,6%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,9%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	61,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,5%
Chemical toilet	0,1%
Pit toilet with ventilation	5,2%
Pit toilet without ventilation	13,7%
Bucket toilet	11,5%
Other	2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	72,2%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,5%
Communal refuse dump	3,1%
Own refuse dump	18,6%
No rubbish disposal	3,9%
Other	0,6%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	72,2%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,5%
Communal refuse dump	3,1%
Own refuse dump	18,6%
No rubbish disposal	3,9%
Other	0,6%

Economy

Quick Fact

41,6% Youth unemployment rate.

Agriculture remains the core economic activity in the municipal area, and attracts a lot of job-seekers. The main economic activities in the area are agriculture and retail businesses. Nketoana is a fertile agricultural region and approximately 20,6% of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector.

About 7,9% of those who are economically active are employed in the wholesale and retail sector, and a significant portion of the population is employed in the financial and business services sector.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	13406
Unemployed	5855
Discouraged Work Seeker	3007
Not Economically Active	15063

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Income	Percentage
None income	7,2%
R1 - R4,800	5,6%
R4,801 - R9,600	9,8%
R9,601 - R19,600	25,5%
R19,601 - R38,200	26,6%
R38,201 - R76,4000	12,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	6,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	4%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,7%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,5%
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	2,269
Poultry production	1,986
Vegetable production	2,147
Production of other crops	1,178
Other	373

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	2,016
Animals only	2,452
Mixed farming	954
Other	72

**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	840
R1-R4 800	261
R4 801-R38 400	3,574
R38 401-R307 200	621
R307 201+	125
Unspecified	72

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Place names

Places in Nketoana Municipality
Arlington Leratswana Lindley Mamafubedu Nketoana NU Ntha Petrus Steyn Petsana Reitz

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	60,324
Young (0-14)	32,3%
Working Age (15-64)	61,9%
Elderly (65+)	5,8%
Dependency ratio	61,6
Sex ratio	90,2
Growth rate	-0,27% (2001-2011)
Population density	11 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	30,4%
Youth unemployment rate	41,6%
No schooling aged 20+	12,7%
Higher education aged 20+	6,7%
Matric aged 20+	20,4%
Number of households	17,318
Number of Agricultural households	5,493
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	40,7%
Formal dwellings	73,5%
Housing owned/paying off	57,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	61,1%
Weekly refuse removal	72,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	28,2%
Electricity for lighting	84,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	61,951
Young (0-14)	34%
Working Age (15-64)	61,9%
Elderly (65+)	5,4%
Dependency ratio	65,2%
Sex ratio	88,4
Growth rate	-0,74% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	37,7%
Youth unemployment rate	52,2%
No schooling aged 20+	30%
Higher education aged 20+	4,5%
Matric aged 20+	12,6%
Number of households	14,904
Average household size	4,1
Female headed households	39,8%
Formal dwellings	57,6%
Housing owned/paying off	57,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	11%
Weekly refuse removal	63,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	14,2%
Electricity for lighting	76,2%

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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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