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Ratlou

Quick Fact

The total population is 107,339 according to the Census 2011 report

0,11% Growth rate

Ratlou Local Municipality is one of the local municipalities under Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West Province and is one of the five local municipalities.

http://www.ratlou.gov.za

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People

Quick Fact

11.2% of the population aged 20+ have matric

The Ratlou Local Municipality has a total population of 107 339 people, of which 98,2% are black African. The other population groups make up the remaining 0,8%.

Of the population aged 20 and older in the municipality, 24,6% have some level of secondary schooling, and 11,2% have matric; 28,9% of people have no schooling and 26,9% have some level of primary schooling. 5,3% completed primary schooling and only 3,1% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	98,2%
Coloured	0,7%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	0,7%
Other	0,1%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	1,3%
English	2%
IsiNdebele	1%
IsiXhosa	1,9%
IsiZulu	1,1%
Sepedi	0,3%
Sesotho	3,7%
Setswana	87,6%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.3%
Not Applicable	0,4%

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Group	Percentage
Married	13,6%
Living together like married partners	5,7%
Never married	76%
Widower/Widow	3,8%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,4%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	6%
Some Primary	54,6%
Completed Primary	6,7%
Some Secondary	27,1%
Completed Secondary	4,6%
Higher Education	0,4%
Not Applicable	0,4%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52,2%
Male	47,8%

Living Conditions

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83,7% Access to electricity for lighting.

There are 26 889 households in the Ratlou Local Municipality, with an average household size of 4,0 persons per household.

Of those households, 10,6% have access to piped water inside the yard whereas 5,2% have access to water piped inside the dwelling. Only 12,4% of the household do not have access to piped water.

The Census 2011 reports that 83,7% of households have access to electricity for lighting

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Area	Percentage
Urban	0%
Tribal/Traditional	95,1%
Farm	4,9%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	77,6%	22,4%
Computer	4,5%	95,5%
Television	62,2%	37,8%
Satellite Television	6%	94%
Radio	60,1%	39,9%
Landline / Telephone	2,1%	97,9%
Motor Car	12,3%	87,7%
Refrigerator	55,6%	44,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	68,5%	31,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	61,3%	48,7%	83,7%
Gas	1,1%	0,7%	0,1%
Paraffin	5,7%	2,3%	0,7%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	15%
Wood	28,3%	33,1%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,3%	0%
Animal Dung	3%	3,8%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	11,1%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	1%
From Cellphone	9,6%
From Work	0,8%
From Elsewhere	1,9%
No Access	86,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	6,7%
Owned and fully paid off	51,1%
Owned but not yet paid off	3%
Occupied rent free	35,8%
Other	3,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	53,3%
Borehole	25,1%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,7%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,2%
River/Stream	0,7%
Water vendor	1,6%
Water tanker	14,6%
Other	3,6%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	12,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	1,8%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	1,4%
Chemical toilet	1,7%
Pit toilet with ventilation	25,3%
Pit toilet without ventilation	54,7%
Bucket toilet	0,2%
Other	2,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	0,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,5%
Communal refuse dump	0,9%
Own refuse dump	88,1%
No rubbish disposal	8,8%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	0,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,5%
Communal refuse dump	0,9%
Own refuse dump	88,1%
No rubbish disposal	8,8%
Other	0,9%

Economy

Quick Fact

43,9% Unemployment rate.

Of the 15 967 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 35,8% (6 885) are unemployed. There are 6 587 who are classified as discouraged work-seekers.

Among the youth aged 15–34, 3 928 are employed and 4 330 are unemployed. The unemployment rate for this group is 52,4%.

IDP

The Integrated Development Plan for this municipality can be accessed via the following link: http://www.ratlou.gov.za/sdbip.html

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	8812
Unemployed	6885
Discouraged Work Seeker	6587
Not Economically Active	35542

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Income	Percentage
None income	19%
R1 - R4,800	6,1%
R4,801 - R9,600	10,9%
R9,601 - R19,600	28%
R19,601 - R38,200	22,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	7,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	3,1%
R153,801 - R307,600	2%
R307,601 - R614,400	0,6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,1%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	6,689
Poultry production	7,118
Vegetable production	384
Production of other crops	445
Other	941

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	140
Animals only	9,818
Mixed farming	1,001
Other	389

**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	4,281
R1-R4 800	295
R4 801-R38 400	6,061
R38 401-R307 200	480
R307 201+	71
Unspecified	159

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Place names

Places in Ratlou Municipality
Bathobatho Diolwane Disaneng Kraaipan Logagane Logageng Loporung Mabule Madibogo Madibogo Pan Maipeng Makgori Masamane Matloding Mayayane Phitshane Ramabesa Ratlou NU Sasane Semashu Setlagole Steil Hoogte Thutlwane Tshidilamolomo

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	107,339
Young (0-14)	38,7%
Working Age (15-64)	53,9%
Elderly (65+)	7,4%
Dependency ratio	85,6
Sex ratio	91,6
Growth rate	0,11% (2001-2011)
Population density	22 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	43,9%
Youth unemployment rate	52,4%
No schooling aged 20+	28,9%
Higher education aged 20+	3,1%
Matric aged 20+	11,2%
Number of households	26,889
Number of Agricultural households	11,348
Average household size	3,9
Female headed households	49,5%
Formal dwellings	89,9%
Housing owned/paying off	54,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	1,8%
Weekly refuse removal	0,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	5,2%
Electricity for lighting	83,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	106,165
Young (0-14)	39,7%
Working Age (15-64)	53,9%
Elderly (65+)	6,4%
Dependency ratio	85,5%
Sex ratio	90,6
Growth rate	1,51% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	61,3%
Youth unemployment rate	69,9%
No schooling aged 20+	40,7%
Higher education aged 20+	2%
Matric aged 20+	7%
Number of households	23,068
Average household size	4,6
Female headed households	49,2%
Formal dwellings	85,8%
Housing owned/paying off	75,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	1%
Weekly refuse removal	0,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	1,9%
Electricity for lighting	76,3%

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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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