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Richtersveld

Quick Fact

1,68% population growth rate(2001 – 2011).

The Richtersveld Local Municipality is located in the Namakwa District in Northern Cape. It is a unique landscape surrounded by a variety of contrasts. In Port Nolloth you’ll find the ocean, from a distance it looks like a glowing body that lies stretched out before you. At AlexanderBay the Orange River spews out its last waters. At Lekkersing and Eksteenfontein there’s neither river nor ocean, but underground water that is a little brackish. Rainfall is no familiar face to this area and water is a scarce commodity. We can genuinely say that the Richtersveld is a Conservation area. Not only is the geographical area unique, but also its people, which is why this area must manage its resources in an optimal manner.

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11,982

220

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People

Quick Fact

2,5% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to the 2011 Census, Richtersveld Municipality has a total population of 11 982 of which 76,6% are coloured people, 13,1% are black African, 8,5% white people 0.5% Indian/Asian and the other racial groups constitute of 1,4% of the population.

Of those 20 years and older 18,9% has completed grade 12, 7,3% have higher education, 13,7% completed primary education, 15,1% have some primary, 42,7% some secondary and 2,5 % has no schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	13,1%
Coloured	76,6%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	8,5%
Other	1,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	83,7%
English	2,5%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	5,9%
IsiZulu	0,4%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,8%
Setswana	0,8%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	1.5%
Not Applicable	3,8%

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Group	Percentage
Married	27,9%
Living together like married partners	5,6%
Never married	60,9%
Widower/Widow	3,9%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	1,3%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,2%
Some Primary	46%
Completed Primary	8%
Some Secondary	31,1%
Completed Secondary	9,6%
Higher Education	1,4%
Not Applicable	1,6%

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

Living Conditions

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98% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 3 543 households in the municipality with an average size of 3,2 persons per household.

Almost 68,6% of households have access to piped water in their dwelling and 26,5% have piped (tap) water inside yard. 96,0 % of households have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	98,5%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	1,5%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	85,4%	14,6%
Computer	22%	78%
Television	84,8%	15,2%
Satellite Television	30,5%	69,5%
Radio	63,5%	36,5%
Landline / Telephone	20,6%	79,4%
Motor Car	35,9%	64,1%
Refrigerator	81,4%	18,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	93,3%	6,7%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	89,7%	73%	96%
Gas	6,4%	1%	0%
Paraffin	0,3%	0,4%	0%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	3,4%
Wood	3%	5,4%	0%
Coal	0%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,5%	19,9%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	7,7%
From Cellphone	14,6%
From Work	4,3%
From Elsewhere	1,2%
No Access	72,1%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	23,6%
Owned and fully paid off	44,9%
Owned but not yet paid off	5,1%
Occupied rent free	23,4%
Other	2,9%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	88,8%
Borehole	3,1%
Spring	0%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1%
River/Stream	3,8%
Water vendor	0,1%
Water tanker	0,6%
Other	2,6%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	5%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	69,8%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	8,2%
Chemical toilet	0,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	9,9%
Pit toilet without ventilation	3%
Bucket toilet	1%
Other	2,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	82,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	7,8%
Communal refuse dump	0,6%
Own refuse dump	5,9%
No rubbish disposal	1,2%
Other	1,6%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	82,8%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	7,8%
Communal refuse dump	0,6%
Own refuse dump	5,9%
No rubbish disposal	1,2%
Other	1,6%

Economy

Quick Fact

22,4 % youth unemployment rate.

Of the 5 687 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 18,6% (1 060) are unemployed. Amongst the 2 547 youth (aged 15 – 34) in the area, 22,4% (571) are unemployed. The Integrated Development Plan for this municipality can be accessed via the following link: www.richtersveld.gov.za/documentation/idp.html

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	4627
Unemployed	1060
Discouraged Work Seeker	211
Not Economically Active	2510

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Income	Percentage
None income	9,7%
R1 - R4,800	2,1%
R4,801 - R9,600	6,5%
R9,601 - R19,600	14,1%
R19,601 - R38,200	17,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	19,3%
R76,401 - R153,800	16,4%
R153,801 - R307,600	10,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,5%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	312
Poultry production	39
Vegetable production	83
Production of other crops	31
Other	53

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	84
Animals only	321
Mixed farming	18
Other	37

**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	99
R1-R4 800	7
R4 801-R38 400	220
R38 401-R307 200	117
R307 201+	5
Unspecified	11

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Place names

Places in Richtersveld Municipality
Alexander Bay Eksteenfontein Grootderm Khubus Lekkersing Muisvlakte Port Nolloth Richtersveld Richtersveld NU Sanddrif Sendelingsdrif

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	11,982
Young (0-14)	23,8%
Working Age (15-64)	70,2%
Elderly (65+)	6%
Dependency ratio	42,5
Sex ratio	110,9
Growth rate	1,68% (2001-2011)
Population density	1 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	18,6%
Youth unemployment rate	22,4%
No schooling aged 20+	2,5%
Higher education aged 20+	7,3%
Matric aged 20+	18,8%
Number of households	3,543
Number of Agricultural households	460
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	37,3%
Formal dwellings	88,5%
Housing owned/paying off	50%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	69,8%
Weekly refuse removal	82,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	68,6%
Electricity for lighting	96%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	10,125
Young (0-14)	28%
Working Age (15-64)	70,2%
Elderly (65+)	4,8%
Dependency ratio	48,8%
Sex ratio	103
Growth rate	-4,72% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	35,5%
Youth unemployment rate	44,4%
No schooling aged 20+	5,2%
Higher education aged 20+	4,2%
Matric aged 20+	16,9%
Number of households	2,604
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	31,3%
Formal dwellings	89,9%
Housing owned/paying off	61,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	76,5%
Weekly refuse removal	74,6%
Piped water inside dwelling	58,4%
Electricity for lighting	94,6%

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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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