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Stellenbosch

Quick Fact

According to Census 2011, Stellenbosch Local Municipality has a total population of 155 733 people.

2,71% Growth rate

Stellenbosch Local Municipality (also known as Stellenbosch Municipality) in the Western Cape is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, and the surrounding rural areas. It covers an area of 831 km2 (321 sq mi)

(Source: en.wikipedia.org).

The 900 km2 municipal area is internationally renowned for its beautiful environment, many places of interest, wine farms, street cafes, restaurants, quality wines, historical buildings and excellent educational institutions. The major portion of the area is utilised for agriculture (mainly wine production) and it includes the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and settlements such as Klapmuts, Koelenhof, Kylemore, Johannesdal, Pniel, Jamestown and Raithby. Stellenbosch town is 50 km to the east of Cape Town and is – after Cape Town – the oldest town in South Africa.

(Source: www.stellenbosch.gov.za).

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People

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3,1% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, Stellenbosch Local Municipality has a total population of 155 733 people, of whom 52,2% are coloured, 28,1% are black African, and 18,5% are white. The other population groups make up the remaining 1,2%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 6,2% have completed primary school, 35% have some secondary education, 25,2% have completed matric, and 17,3% have some form of higher education, while 3,1% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	28,1%
Coloured	52,2%
Indian/Asian	0,4%
White	18,5%
Other	0,8%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	63,8%
English	6,8%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	19,6%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	1,2%
Setswana	0,3%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	1.4%
Not Applicable	5,7%

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Group	Percentage
Married	28,4%
Living together like married partners	6,1%
Never married	60,6%
Widower/Widow	3%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,4%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,4%
Some Primary	31%
Completed Primary	5,4%
Some Secondary	27,5%
Completed Secondary	17,1%
Higher Education	6%
Not Applicable	10,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,1%
Male	48,9%

Living Conditions

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92,9% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 43 420 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,3 persons per household.

80,5% of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard. Only 3% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	76,6%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	23,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	89,2%	10,8%
Computer	37,7%	62,3%
Television	83%	17%
Satellite Television	29,7%	70,3%
Radio	67,6%	32,4%
Landline / Telephone	25,9%	74,1%
Motor Car	43,5%	56,5%
Refrigerator	81,1%	18,9%
Electric / Gas-Stove	89,6%	10,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	87,5%	67,5%	92,9%
Gas	6,3%	2,1%	0,4%
Paraffin	4,2%	9,6%	4,1%
Solar	0,1%	0,3%	0,1%
Candles	0%	0%	2,1%
Wood	1,2%	6,5%	0%
Coal	0%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0,3%	0%	0%
None	0,4%	13,9%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	17,9%
From Cellphone	16,6%
From Work	5,7%
From Elsewhere	5%
No Access	54,7%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	30%
Owned and fully paid off	25,6%
Owned but not yet paid off	10%
Occupied rent free	29%
Other	5,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	87,2%
Borehole	7,8%
Spring	0,6%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,9%
River/Stream	0,4%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	0,5%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,4%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	87,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,9%
Chemical toilet	0,7%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	0,4%
Bucket toilet	2,6%
Other	2,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	87%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	2,5%
Communal refuse dump	3,1%
Own refuse dump	4,7%
No rubbish disposal	1%
Other	1,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	87%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	2,5%
Communal refuse dump	3,1%
Own refuse dump	4,7%
No rubbish disposal	1%
Other	1,8%

Economy

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21,5% Youth unemployment rate.

Of the 67 135 people who are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), 15,2% are unemployed.

Of the 34 184 economically active youth (aged 15 – 34 ) in the area, 21,5% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	56957
Unemployed	10178
Discouraged Work Seeker	2731
Not Economically Active	42666

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Income	Percentage
None income	20,6%
R1 - R4,800	2,1%
R4,801 - R9,600	3,5%
R9,601 - R19,600	10,2%
R19,601 - R38,200	16,5%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	11,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	8,5%
R307,601 - R614,400	6,6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	3,3%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	1%
R2,457,601+	0,7%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	591
Poultry production	748
Vegetable production	1,307
Production of other crops	936
Other	1,080

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,391
Animals only	552
Mixed farming	484
Other	377

**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	427
R1-R4 800	39
R4 801-R38 400	961
R38 401-R307 200	866
R307 201+	381
Unspecified	131

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Place names

Places in Stellenbosch Municipality
Brandwacht Cloetesville Dalsig De Hollandsche Devon Valley Elsenburg Franschhoek Idasvallei Jamestown Khayamandi Klapmuts Kleingeluk Koelenhof Kylemore La Colline Languedoc Lynedoch Onder Papegaaiberg Pappegaai Paradyskloof Pniel Raithby Robertsvlei Stellenbosch Stellenbosch NU Stellenbosch Rural Tennantville Welgevonden Wiesiesdraai

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	155,733
Young (0-14)	22,8%
Working Age (15-64)	72,3%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	38,4
Sex ratio	95,8
Growth rate	2,71% (2001-2011)
Population density	187 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	15,2%
Youth unemployment rate	21,5%
No schooling aged 20+	3,1%
Higher education aged 20+	17,3%
Matric aged 20+	25,2%
Number of households	43,420
Number of Agricultural households	2,805
Average household size	3,3
Female headed households	34,6%
Formal dwellings	75,1%
Housing owned/paying off	35,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	87,1%
Weekly refuse removal	87%
Piped water inside dwelling	72,4%
Electricity for lighting	92,9%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	118,709
Young (0-14)	25,4%
Working Age (15-64)	72,3%
Elderly (65+)	4,5%
Dependency ratio	42,6%
Sex ratio	94,2
Growth rate	2,65% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	16,9%
Youth unemployment rate	23,1%
No schooling aged 20+	5,9%
Higher education aged 20+	17,4%
Matric aged 20+	21,8%
Number of households	29,023
Average household size	3,3
Female headed households	33,8%
Formal dwellings	81,4%
Housing owned/paying off	42,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	82%
Weekly refuse removal	81,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	71,5%
Electricity for lighting	92,1%

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2001

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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