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Swartland

Quick Fact

4,56% Population growth rate.

4,56% Growth Rate

Swartland Local Municipality is situated in the West Coast District, bordering the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the City of Cape Town in the south, the Cape Winelands District to the east and Saldanha Bay Municipality and Bergrivier Municipality to its north and northeast.

The largest towns in Swartland include Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Darling, Riebeeck West, Riebeeck Kasteel and Yzerfontein. Malmesbury, as an administrative centre of the municipality, has a diversified economic base, which includes agriculture, as well as a diversified industrial sector and infrastructure, and although tourism does not currently play a major role, this avenue can be explored.

(Source: www.westerncape.gov.za)

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People

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6,0% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 7,8% have completed primary school, 35,4% have some secondary education, 24,2% have completed matric, and 9,6% have some form of higher education.

Afrikaans is the most spoken language in the municipality (76,2%), followed by Xhosa at 8,2%. Only 4,3% of the population has English as a first language, with other languages making up the remaining 9,9%.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	18,3%
Coloured	64,8%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	15,6%
Other	0,7%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	76,2%
English	4,3%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	8,2%
IsiZulu	0,1%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	1,4%
Setswana	0,4%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.8%
Not Applicable	7,9%

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Group	Percentage
Married	30%
Living together like married partners	9,2%
Never married	55,1%
Widower/Widow	3,6%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,5%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,6%
Some Primary	42,2%
Completed Primary	6,8%
Some Secondary	28,6%
Completed Secondary	10,6%
Higher Education	1,3%
Not Applicable	6,9%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50,4%
Male	49,6%

Living Conditions

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97,8% use electricity for lighting.

There are 29 324 households in the municipality with an average household size of 3,5 persons per household. Of these households, 80,6% have access to piped water inside their dwelling, and 16,9% have access to water in their yard. Only 0,5% of households do not have access to piped water, and 97,8% of households have access to electricity.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	71,6%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	28,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	83,5%	16,5%
Computer	27,7%	72,3%
Television	85,1%	14,9%
Satellite Television	28,5%	71,5%
Radio	63,5%	36,5%
Landline / Telephone	24,2%	75,8%
Motor Car	39,8%	60,2%
Refrigerator	80,9%	19,1%
Electric / Gas-Stove	92,5%	7,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	92,9%	72,4%	97,8%
Gas	4,2%	1,4%	0,1%
Paraffin	0,4%	1,7%	0,3%
Solar	0,1%	0,3%	0,1%
Candles	0%	0%	1,5%
Wood	2%	8,9%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	15,2%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	12,6%
From Cellphone	10,9%
From Work	4,1%
From Elsewhere	2,7%
No Access	69,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	28%
Owned and fully paid off	43,6%
Owned but not yet paid off	8,6%
Occupied rent free	17,3%
Other	2,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	77,2%
Borehole	16,2%
Spring	0,7%
Rain water tank	0,7%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2%
River/Stream	1,7%
Water vendor	0,2%
Water tanker	0,9%
Other	0,4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,5%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	77,3%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	13,4%
Chemical toilet	0,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,8%
Pit toilet without ventilation	1,5%
Bucket toilet	2,1%
Other	2,1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	76,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	4,2%
Own refuse dump	16,6%
No rubbish disposal	1,1%
Other	1%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	76,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	4,2%
Own refuse dump	16,6%
No rubbish disposal	1,1%
Other	1%

Economy

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12,7% Unemployment rate.

A total of 40 651 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 12,7% are unemployed. The economically active youth (15–34 years) in the area total 18 248, of which 17,9% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	40651
Unemployed	5928
Discouraged Work Seeker	1197
Not Economically Active	30854

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Income	Percentage
None income	10,5%
R1 - R4,800	1,7%
R4,801 - R9,600	2,6%
R9,601 - R19,600	13,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	21,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	20,1%
R76,401 - R153,800	13%
R153,801 - R307,600	9,5%
R307,601 - R614,400	5,5%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,5%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,4%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	942
Poultry production	966
Vegetable production	687
Production of other crops	653
Other	538

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	627
Animals only	1,036
Mixed farming	593
Other	160

**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	269
R1-R4 800	37
R4 801-R38 400	1,054
R38 401-R307 200	760
R307 201+	197
Unspecified	99

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Place names

Places in Swartland Municipality
Abbotsdale Chatsworth Darling Dassen Island Esterhof Greater Chatsworth Grotto Bay Ilinge Lethu Kalbaskraal Klipfontyn Koringberg Malmesbury Moorreesburg Mount Royal Golf & Country Estate Nuwedorp Riebeek West Riebeek West Mine Riebeek-Kasteel Rosenhof Swartland NU Wesbank Yzerfontein

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	113,762
Young (0-14)	25%
Working Age (15-64)	69,1%
Elderly (65+)	5,9%
Dependency ratio	44,7
Sex ratio	98,6
Growth rate	4,56% (2001-2011)
Population density	31 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	12,7%
Youth unemployment rate	17,9%
No schooling aged 20+	6%
Higher education aged 20+	9,5%
Matric aged 20+	24,2%
Number of households	29,324
Number of Agricultural households	2,416
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	28,5%
Formal dwellings	90,9%
Housing owned/paying off	52,3%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	77,3%
Weekly refuse removal	76,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	80,6%
Electricity for lighting	97,8%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	72,115
Young (0-14)	28,7%
Working Age (15-64)	69,1%
Elderly (65+)	5,3%
Dependency ratio	51,6%
Sex ratio	100
Growth rate	1,99% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	10,2%
Youth unemployment rate	13,6%
No schooling aged 20+	10,5%
Higher education aged 20+	7,8%
Matric aged 20+	19,7%
Number of households	17,403
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	26,8%
Formal dwellings	93,4%
Housing owned/paying off	56,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	73,8%
Weekly refuse removal	70,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	72,2%
Electricity for lighting	91,1%

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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

Swartland

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Afrikaans is the most spoken language in the municipality (76,2%), followed by Xhosa at 8,2%. Only 4,3% of the population has English as a first language, with other languages making up the remaining 9,9%.

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