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Setsoto

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According to Census 2011, Setsoto Local Municipality has a population of 112,597, of whom 92,3% are black African, 5,7% are white, with the remaining 2% made up by other population groups.

-0,9% Growth Rate

Setsoto Local Municipality is situated in the Eastern Free State within the boundaries of the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality. The local municipality area measures 5 948,35 km2 and comprises four urban areas namely Ficksburg/Meqheleng, Senekal/Matwabeng, Marquard/Moemaneng and Clocolan/Hlohlolwane, as well as some surrounding rural areas.

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People

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8,7% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, Setsoto Local Municipality has a population of 110 335, of whom 92,3% are black African, 5,7% are white, with the remaining 2% made up by other population groups. The majority of the population, that is 62%, is between 15 and 64 years of age. The age group 0 to 14 years accounts for 32% of the population.

Of those aged 20 years and above, approximately 8,7% have no formal schooling, 22,6% have completed matric, and 6,9% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	92,3%
Coloured	1%
Indian/Asian	0,8%
White	5,7%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	7%
English	2,8%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	0,4%
IsiZulu	0,3%
Sepedi	0%
Sesotho	86%
Setswana	0,2%
Sign Language	1,2%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.4%
Not Applicable	1,4%

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Group	Percentage
Married	22%
Living together like married partners	6,3%
Never married	62,9%
Widower/Widow	6,4%
Separated	1,5%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,1%
Some Primary	44,4%
Completed Primary	6,4%
Some Secondary	33,4%
Completed Secondary	9,7%
Higher Education	0,8%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,3%
Male	46,7%

Living Conditions

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88,6% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 33 687 households in Setsoto, with an average household size of 3,3persons per household.Of households in the municipality, 1,9% have no access to piped water; 31,4% have access to piped water in the dwelling, and 59,4% of households have access to piped water in the yard.70% of the householdslive in formal dwellings.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	88,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	11,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	83,4%	16,6%
Computer	11,1%	88,9%
Television	73,3%	26,7%
Satellite Television	21,4%	78,6%
Radio	74,3%	25,7%
Landline / Telephone	8,4%	91,6%
Motor Car	19,1%	80,9%
Refrigerator	66,6%	33,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	81,4%	18,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	81,5%	45,8%	88,6%
Gas	4,2%	3,2%	0,1%
Paraffin	7,6%	27,7%	1,1%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	9,8%
Wood	5,6%	12,7%	0%
Coal	0,2%	1,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0,4%	0,6%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	8,7%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,6%
From Cellphone	13,6%
From Work	2,3%
From Elsewhere	4,1%
No Access	76,3%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	18,4%
Owned and fully paid off	53,3%
Owned but not yet paid off	8,7%
Occupied rent free	17,9%
Other	1,7%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	87,8%
Borehole	7,4%
Spring	0,4%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,5%
River/Stream	0,1%
Water vendor	0,9%
Water tanker	1,8%
Other	0,8%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	4,1%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	56,6%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	4,4%
Chemical toilet	0,5%
Pit toilet with ventilation	4,6%
Pit toilet without ventilation	5,3%
Bucket toilet	23,3%
Other	1,1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	55%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	2,5%
Communal refuse dump	2,4%
Own refuse dump	32,5%
No rubbish disposal	6,9%
Other	0,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	55%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	2,5%
Communal refuse dump	2,4%
Own refuse dump	32,5%
No rubbish disposal	6,9%
Other	0,7%

Economy

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46,1% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 33 411 economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 35,7% are unemployed.

Of the 17 173 economically active youth (aged 15–34) in the area, 46,1% are unemployed.

Agriculture is the main economic activity in the municipality

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	21493
Unemployed	11918
Discouraged Work Seeker	5365
Not Economically Active	31111

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,7%
R1 - R4,800	6,9%
R4,801 - R9,600	11,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	24,9%
R19,601 - R38,200	22,2%
R38,201 - R76,4000	9,8%
R76,401 - R153,800	5,8%
R153,801 - R307,600	4,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,7%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,3%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	3,021
Poultry production	2,512
Vegetable production	5,372
Production of other crops	1,838
Other	1,293

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	4,993
Animals only	3,341
Mixed farming	1,222
Other	261

**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	2,620
R1-R4 800	383
R4 801-R38 400	5,475
R38 401-R307 200	1,102
R307 201+	134
Unspecified	104

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Place names

Places in Setsoto Municipality
Clocolan Ficksburg Hlohlolwane Marquard Matwabeng Meqheleng Moemaneng Senekal Setsoto Setsoto NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	112,597
Young (0-14)	32,1%
Working Age (15-64)	62,1%
Elderly (65+)	5,8%
Dependency ratio	61,1
Sex ratio	87,8
Growth rate	-0,9% (2001-2011)
Population density	19 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	35,7%
Youth unemployment rate	46,1%
No schooling aged 20+	8,7%
Higher education aged 20+	6,9%
Matric aged 20+	22,6%
Number of households	33,687
Number of Agricultural households	9,817
Average household size	3,3
Female headed households	46,4%
Formal dwellings	70,2%
Housing owned/paying off	62%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	56,6%
Weekly refuse removal	55%
Piped water inside dwelling	31,4%
Electricity for lighting	88,6%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	123,194
Young (0-14)	32,6%
Working Age (15-64)	62,1%
Elderly (65+)	5,2%
Dependency ratio	60,8%
Sex ratio	86,2
Growth rate	2,31% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	41,1%
Youth unemployment rate	51,7%
No schooling aged 20+	20,1%
Higher education aged 20+	4,7%
Matric aged 20+	14,2%
Number of households	32,746
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	42,8%
Formal dwellings	46,8%
Housing owned/paying off	52,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	22,1%
Weekly refuse removal	51,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	13,3%
Electricity for lighting	71,8%

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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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