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Polokwane

Quick Fact

The population size is 628 999, with 178 001 households.

2,13% Growth rate

Polokwane Municipality is situated in the central part of the Limpopo Province. The municipality shares the name with the biggest town in Limpopo called Polokwane. Locally it shares borders with three other local municipalities within Capricorn District as well as local municipalities in Mopani and Waterberg Districts. It is the largest metropolitan complex in the north and a major economic centre with 38 wards. Its proximity to the neighboring countries of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland makes it a perfect gateway to Africa and an attractive tourist destination. The settlement types indicates that it is more urban than rural.

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People

Quick Fact

6,7% of those 20+ have no schooling.

The population size is 628 999, with 178 001 households and average of 4 persons per household. 92,9% of the population is black African, followed by white people at 5,2%. Other population groups make up the remaining 1,9%. For every 100 females there are 93 males. The age dependency ratio is 54,3. Most people in the municipality speak Sepedi as the first language at 80%, Afrikaans at 5%, English at 3% and the other languages make up 11%. 17,9% of the population aged 20 years and older had some form of higher education; whereas 29,6% has completed matric and only 6,8% had no schooling. The municipality has number of public schools and tertiary institutions such as University of Limpopo, University of South Africa and Tshwane University of Technology.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	92,9%
Coloured	0,9%
Indian/Asian	0,7%
White	5,2%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	5,3%
English	3,1%
IsiNdebele	0,9%
IsiXhosa	0,2%
IsiZulu	1%
Sepedi	78,7%
Sesotho	0,8%
Setswana	0,7%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0,2%
Tshivenda	2,1%
Xitsonga	2,8%
Other	1.9%
Not Applicable	2,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	22,8%
Living together like married partners	4,6%
Never married	68%
Widower/Widow	3,4%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	1,9%
Some Primary	38%
Completed Primary	5,8%
Some Secondary	33,7%
Completed Secondary	14%
Higher Education	3,6%
Not Applicable	3,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52%
Male	48%

Living Conditions

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83% Use electricity for lighting.

Between 2001 and 2011 there has been an increase in the number of households that have income from 77% to 86%. Provision of household services has increased between 2001 and 2011. The municipality has 46 health facilities in the form of hospitals and clinics, excluding private hospitals.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	41%
Tribal/Traditional	55,8%
Farm	3,2%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	91,8%	8,2%
Computer	21,3%	78,7%
Television	70,4%	29,6%
Satellite Television	26,5%	73,5%
Radio	67,3%	32,7%
Landline / Telephone	7,1%	92,9%
Motor Car	27,3%	72,7%
Refrigerator	64,9%	35,1%
Electric / Gas-Stove	72,6%	27,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	70,9%	60,8%	83%
Gas	2,7%	1,4%	0,1%
Paraffin	11,3%	5%	1,6%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,6%
Candles	0%	0%	14,4%
Wood	14,6%	18%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0,2%	0,2%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	14,1%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,2%
From Cellphone	18,5%
From Work	5,1%
From Elsewhere	5,5%
No Access	64,7%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	22,3%
Owned and fully paid off	48,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	8,2%
Occupied rent free	17,7%
Other	3,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	82,7%
Borehole	9,7%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,5%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,7%
River/Stream	0,6%
Water vendor	2,2%
Water tanker	1,1%
Other	1,4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	41,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2,7%
Chemical toilet	0,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	6,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	45%
Bucket toilet	0,6%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	44,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,7%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	49,9%
No rubbish disposal	3,2%
Other	0,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	44,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,7%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	49,9%
No rubbish disposal	3,2%
Other	0,7%

Economy

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42% Youth unemployment rate.

The municipality has the Polokwane International Airport where various commercial flights enter and exit the town of Polokwane. There are three major malls in the municipality with Mall of the North being the latest and the biggest with 180 retail shops. Peter Mokaba Stadium is one of the stadia that was build in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Tournament which brings PSL soccer matches to Limpopo frequently. With one soccer team called Polokwane City having been promoted to the PSL, the stadium would be expected to have more soccer matches in the next season and that would contribute a lot to the economic growth of the municipality. The are many churches in the municipality with ZCC that bring large number of followers of the church at least once per year. The church attracts people from all the nine provinces of South Africa and neighboring countries such as Swaziland and Botswana.

During Easter holidays small businesses and the self employed are able to make bigger profits as the church welcomes over 2 million followers to Moria.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	155691
Unemployed	74784
Discouraged Work Seeker	14798
Not Economically Active	162442

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Income	Percentage
None income	13,8%
R1 - R4,800	4,8%
R4,801 - R9,600	8,5%
R9,601 - R19,600	19,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	19,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	11,7%
R76,401 - R153,800	8,1%
R153,801 - R307,600	7,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,6%
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	12,795
Poultry production	15,375
Vegetable production	7,547
Production of other crops	17,349
Other	5,470

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	15,473
Animals only	16,880
Mixed farming	7,203
Other	2,311

**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	11,190
R1-R4 800	1,442
R4 801-R38 400	22,473
R38 401-R307 200	5,350
R307 201+	735
Unspecified	677

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Place names

Places in Polokwane Municipality
Badimong Bergnek Bloodriver Boskopies Chuenespoort Ditenteng Doornbult Doornspruit Elmadal Ga-Chuene Ga-Hlahla Ga-kgole Ga-Komape Ga-Lekgothoane Ga-Mabitsela Ga-Mabotha Ga-Maja Ga-Makibelo Ga-Matabanyane Ga-Mothiba Ga-Motholo Ga-Setati Ga-Tjale GaMagowa GaMahlahle GaMailula GaMakanye GaMakgoba GaMakgobathe GaMakweya Gamalahlela GaMamadila GaMamphaka GaManamela GaMapangula GaMathiba GaMboi GaMmamatsha GaMogano GaMokgopo GaMokwane GaMolepo GaMoropo GaMothapo GaPotse GaRamongwana GaRamphere GaSebati GaSemenya GaThaba GaThoka GaTshwene A GaTshwene B Geluk Kgohlwane Kgokong Kgoroshi Kgwara Kgwareng Koloti Komaneng Kotishing Kuschke Laaste Hoop Laaste Hoop Leeukuil Lenyenye Lithupaneng Mabokelele Madiga Madiga A Madiga B Mahwibitswane Makanye Makatiane Makeketela Makgeng Makgoba Makgofe Makgwaneng Makgwareng Makhwareng Makotopong Makubung Mamotintane Mankgaile Mankweng Mantheding A Mantheding B Marobala Masealama Masekwameng Masenya Masobohleng Matobole Megoring Mehlakong Mmadigorong Mmotong Mokgabane Mokgurutlane Molapi Monyamane Monywaneng Moshate Mothakeng Motlhatsweng Mountain View Mphogodiba Myngenoegen Noko Ntsima Palmietfontein Percy Fyfe Perskebult Phomolong Polokwane Polokwane NU Ramakgaphola Ramogale Rietfontein Sebayeng Sebonapudi Segwasi Sekgweng Sencherere Sengatane Seshego Setotolwane Sobiago Syferkuil Thabakgone Thakgalang Tholongwe Thune Titibe Tsebela Tshebeng Tshware Tshwene Tweefontein Vaalkop Vierhoek

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	628,999
Young (0-14)	30,1%
Working Age (15-64)	64,8%
Elderly (65+)	5,1%
Dependency ratio	54,3
Sex ratio	92,5
Growth rate	2,13% (2001-2011)
Population density	167 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	32,4%
Youth unemployment rate	42%
No schooling aged 20+	6,7%
Higher education aged 20+	17,3%
Matric aged 20+	29,5%
Number of households	178,001
Number of Agricultural households	41,867
Average household size	3,4
Female headed households	44,8%
Formal dwellings	89,4%
Housing owned/paying off	56,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	41,1%
Weekly refuse removal	44,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	33,7%
Electricity for lighting	83%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	508,277
Young (0-14)	36%
Working Age (15-64)	64,8%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	69%
Sex ratio	86,9
Growth rate	3,59% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	41,5%
Youth unemployment rate	53,2%
No schooling aged 20+	15,7%
Higher education aged 20+	11,2%
Matric aged 20+	23,6%
Number of households	124,978
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	49,4%
Formal dwellings	79,3%
Housing owned/paying off	60,2%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	32,6%
Weekly refuse removal	33,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	21,1%
Electricity for lighting	64,6%

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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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