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Randfontein

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According to census 2011 Randfontein Local Municipality has a total population of 149 286

1,47% Traditional Areas

The Randfontein Local Municipality is located at the centre of the West Rand District Municipality which is a Vena Award-winning local authority. As one of four municipalities in the district it is associated with three other local municipalities namely Mogale City, Merafong, and Westonaria.

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149,286

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People

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4,0% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to census 2011 Randfontein Local Municipality has a total population of 149 286 of which 69,2% are black African, 20,1% are white people, 9,8% are coloured people, and 0,4% are Indian/Asian. Of those 20 years and older 4,1 %have completed primary school, 38,2% have some secondary education, 32,2% have completed matric, and 11,8% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	69,2%
Coloured	9,8%
Indian/Asian	0,4%
White	20,1%
Other	0,5%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	28,5%
English	5,2%
IsiNdebele	0,8%
IsiXhosa	7,9%
IsiZulu	6,1%
Sepedi	4%
Sesotho	6,3%
Setswana	33,6%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0,4%
Tshivenda	0,8%
Xitsonga	3,3%
Other	1.4%
Not Applicable	1,4%

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Group	Percentage
Married	25,7%
Living together like married partners	10%
Never married	58,3%
Widower/Widow	3,5%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	2%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,9%
Some Primary	39,4%
Completed Primary	5,7%
Some Secondary	32,5%
Completed Secondary	16,4%
Higher Education	2,6%
Not Applicable	0,4%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	49,8%
Male	50,2%

Living Conditions

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84,5% of households have access to electricity.

There are 43 299 households in the municipality with average household size of 3,2 persons. 69,9% of households have access to piped water and 27,4% have water in their yard. Only 27,4% of households do not have access piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	91,1%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	8,9%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	91,3%	8,7%
Computer	24,2%	75,8%
Television	81,7%	18,3%
Satellite Television	29,9%	70,1%
Radio	70,2%	29,8%
Landline / Telephone	14,9%	85,1%
Motor Car	38,2%	61,8%
Refrigerator	72,7%	27,3%
Electric / Gas-Stove	81,9%	18,1%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	81,2%	65,8%	84,5%
Gas	4,2%	4,9%	0,2%
Paraffin	12,6%	5,1%	3,1%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	11,8%
Wood	1,3%	6,6%	0%
Coal	0,2%	1,7%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	15,6%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	8,1%
From Cellphone	19%
From Work	6,2%
From Elsewhere	5,9%
No Access	60,8%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	33,3%
Owned and fully paid off	30,6%
Owned but not yet paid off	16%
Occupied rent free	16,9%
Other	3,2%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	85%
Borehole	12,2%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0%
River/Stream	0%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	1,5%
Other	0,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	1,1%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	79,3%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	5,5%
Chemical toilet	0,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	1,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	11,3%
Bucket toilet	0,6%
Other	0,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	78,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	2,1%
Own refuse dump	13,4%
No rubbish disposal	4%
Other	0,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	78,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	2,1%
Own refuse dump	13,4%
No rubbish disposal	4%
Other	0,7%

Economy

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35,8% youth unemployment rate

Of the 70 652 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 27,1% (19 172) are unemployed.

Of the 34 363 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, 35,8% (12 286) are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	51480
Unemployed	19172
Discouraged Work Seeker	2991
Not Economically Active	31205

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,3%
R1 - R4,800	3,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	15%
R19,601 - R38,200	17,8%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	12,3%
R153,801 - R307,600	10,5%
R307,601 - R614,400	5,9%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,6%
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	1,123
Poultry production	1,311
Vegetable production	1,293
Production of other crops	755
Other	1,476

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	833
Animals only	983
Mixed farming	786
Other	316

**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	502
R1-R4 800	83
R4 801-R38 400	1,049
R38 401-R307 200	1,006
R307 201+	170
Unspecified	108

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Place names

Places in Randfontein Municipality
Bhongweni Mohlakeng Randfontein Randfontein NU Zenzele

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	149,286
Young (0-14)	24,9%
Working Age (15-64)	70,2%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	42,4
Sex ratio	100,7
Growth rate	1,47% (2001-2011)
Population density	314 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	27,1%
Youth unemployment rate	35,8%
No schooling aged 20+	4%
Higher education aged 20+	11,7%
Matric aged 20+	32,1%
Number of households	43,299
Number of Agricultural households	2,918
Average household size	3
Female headed households	33,6%
Formal dwellings	80%
Housing owned/paying off	46,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	79,3%
Weekly refuse removal	78,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	61,9%
Electricity for lighting	84,5%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	128,842
Young (0-14)	25%
Working Age (15-64)	70,2%
Elderly (65+)	3,9%
Dependency ratio	40,7%
Sex ratio	101,5
Growth rate	3,58% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	36,1%
Youth unemployment rate	45,2%
No schooling aged 20+	10,2%
Higher education aged 20+	7,2%
Matric aged 20+	26,1%
Number of households	36,165
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	35,4%
Formal dwellings	79,2%
Housing owned/paying off	47,3%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	78,6%
Weekly refuse removal	72,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	50,1%
Electricity for lighting	75,3%

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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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