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Oudtshoorn

Quick Fact

According Census 2011, Oudtshoorn Local Municipality has a total population of 95 933.

1,25% Growth rate

Oudtshoorn Local Municipality lies within the boundaries of the Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape Province. Since 5 December 2000, the Oudtshoorn municipal area includes the larger settlements of Oudtshoorn, Dysselsdorp, and De Rust, and the smaller rural settlements of Volmoed, Schoemanshoek, Spieskamp, Vlakteplaas, Grootkraal, De Hoop, and Matjiesrivier.

The Greater Oudtshoorn area is nestled at the foot of the Swartberg mountains in the heart of the Little Karoo region of the Western Cape.

Source: (www.oudtmun.gov.za).

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People

Quick Fact

4,5% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According Census 2011, Oudtshoorn Local Municipality has a total population of 95 933, of which 77,3% are coloured people, 12,5% are white people, with the other population groups making up the rest.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 9% have completed primary school, 36,8% have some secondary education, 25,1% have completed matric and 6,7% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	9,1%
Coloured	77,3%
Indian/Asian	0,3%
White	12,5%
Other	0,7%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	88,9%
English	2,2%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	4,7%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	0,3%
Setswana	0,6%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.4%
Not Applicable	2,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	26,6%
Living together like married partners	6,7%
Never married	60,1%
Widower/Widow	4,6%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,5%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,8%
Some Primary	44,3%
Completed Primary	7,9%
Some Secondary	29,8%
Completed Secondary	11,3%
Higher Education	0,8%
Not Applicable	3,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52,1%
Male	47,9%

Living Conditions

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85,3% of households have access to electricity.

There are 21 910 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 4,2 persons per household. 36,2% of households are headed by females and 85,3% of households have access to electricity. 74,5% of households have access to piped water inside dwelling.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	81,6%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	18,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	78%	22%
Computer	24,5%	75,5%
Television	80,5%	19,5%
Satellite Television	26,3%	73,7%
Radio	68,3%	31,7%
Landline / Telephone	21,8%	78,2%
Motor Car	36,6%	63,4%
Refrigerator	74,8%	25,2%
Electric / Gas-Stove	82,4%	17,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	77,8%	61,6%	85,2%
Gas	7,8%	1,7%	0,1%
Paraffin	3,1%	2,3%	0,8%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	13,2%
Wood	10,6%	17,3%	0%
Coal	0,2%	0,6%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,4%	16,3%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	9,3%
From Cellphone	10,3%
From Work	3,3%
From Elsewhere	2,2%
No Access	74,9%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	22,2%
Owned and fully paid off	49,9%
Owned but not yet paid off	11,8%
Occupied rent free	13,7%
Other	2,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	89,7%
Borehole	2%
Spring	0,5%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,4%
River/Stream	1,8%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	1,6%
Other	1,4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	3,4%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	77,2%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,2%
Chemical toilet	1,6%
Pit toilet with ventilation	4%
Pit toilet without ventilation	5,1%
Bucket toilet	3,7%
Other	1,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	78%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,4%
Communal refuse dump	2,9%
Own refuse dump	13,2%
No rubbish disposal	3,3%
Other	1,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	78%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,4%
Communal refuse dump	2,9%
Own refuse dump	13,2%
No rubbish disposal	3,3%
Other	1,2%

Economy

Quick Fact

25,3% unemployment rate.

There are 31 168 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people, and of these 25,3% are unemployed.

Of the 14 351 economically active youth (15–35 years) in the area, 35,9% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	23281
Unemployed	7887
Discouraged Work Seeker	3187
Not Economically Active	27229

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Income	Percentage
None income	9%
R1 - R4,800	2,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,5%
R9,601 - R19,600	16,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	18,9%
R76,401 - R153,800	11,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	8,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,2%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,8%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,3%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	757
Poultry production	787
Vegetable production	1,089
Production of other crops	297
Other	383

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	922
Animals only	830
Mixed farming	370
Other	113

**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	266
R1-R4 800	43
R4 801-R38 400	1,214
R38 401-R307 200	538
R307 201+	75
Unspecified	100

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Place names

Places in Oudtshoorn Municipality
Armoed Bongolethu Bridgeton De Hoop De Rust Dysselsdorp Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	95,933
Young (0-14)	28,7%
Working Age (15-64)	64,2%
Elderly (65+)	7,2%
Dependency ratio	55,8
Sex ratio	91,8
Growth rate	1,25% (2001-2011)
Population density	27 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	25,3%
Youth unemployment rate	35,9%
No schooling aged 20+	4,5%
Higher education aged 20+	6,7%
Matric aged 20+	25,1%
Number of households	21,910
Number of Agricultural households	2,235
Average household size	4,2
Female headed households	36,2%
Formal dwellings	88,5%
Housing owned/paying off	61,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	77,2%
Weekly refuse removal	78%
Piped water inside dwelling	74,5%
Electricity for lighting	85,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	84,692
Young (0-14)	32,1%
Working Age (15-64)	64,2%
Elderly (65+)	5,8%
Dependency ratio	61%
Sex ratio	92,2
Growth rate	1,35% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	33,7%
Youth unemployment rate	43,4%
No schooling aged 20+	10,1%
Higher education aged 20+	7%
Matric aged 20+	20,3%
Number of households	18,124
Average household size	4,5
Female headed households	33,5%
Formal dwellings	87%
Housing owned/paying off	59,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	77,7%
Weekly refuse removal	81,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	58,7%
Electricity for lighting	85,1%

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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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