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Thaba Chweu

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According to Census 2011, the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality has a total population estimated at 98 387.

1,86% Growth Rate

Thaba Chweu Local Municipality is one of the four municipalities of the Ehlanzeni District Municipality of Mpumalanga. The municipality is located on the far north-eastern part of the district. It shares its northern boundaries with Limpopo. The municipality is on the Lowveld escarpment of Mpumalanga, with an average elevation of 1 400 m above sea level and altitudes varying from 600 to 2 100 m.

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98,387

115

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People

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9,7% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality has a total population estimated at 98 387. Of the population, 81,6% are black African, 14,5% are white, and 2,6% are coloured, with other population groups making up the remaining 1,2%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 4,5% have completed primary school, 33,7% have some secondary education, 30,7% have completed matric, and 9,6% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	81,6%
Coloured	2,6%
Indian/Asian	0,6%
White	14,5%
Other	0,6%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	14,7%
English	4,1%
IsiNdebele	2,3%
IsiXhosa	0,5%
IsiZulu	7,4%
Sepedi	35%
Sesotho	7%
Setswana	0,9%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	17,3%
Tshivenda	0,4%
Xitsonga	5,3%
Other	1.6%
Not Applicable	3,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	25,1%
Living together like married partners	9,4%
Never married	61,1%
Widower/Widow	3%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,8%
Some Primary	38,6%
Completed Primary	6,3%
Some Secondary	31,8%
Completed Secondary	15,4%
Higher Education	1,5%
Not Applicable	3,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	48,8%
Male	51,2%

Living Conditions

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84,3% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 33 352 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 2,7 persons per household. 38,8% of households have access to piped water inside the dwelling/institution and 41% have water in their yard. Only 5,2% of households do not have access piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	65,4%
Tribal/Traditional	16%
Farm	18,6%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	90,3%	9,7%
Computer	16%	84%
Television	63,7%	36,3%
Satellite Television	28,6%	71,4%
Radio	60,5%	39,5%
Landline / Telephone	7,1%	92,9%
Motor Car	24,8%	75,2%
Refrigerator	57,7%	42,3%
Electric / Gas-Stove	73,1%	26,9%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	71,7%	61,9%	84,3%
Gas	2,3%	1,5%	0,3%
Paraffin	5,2%	2,1%	1,5%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	13,2%
Wood	19,7%	20,5%	0%
Coal	0,6%	0,7%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	12,9%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,1%
From Cellphone	15,4%
From Work	3,7%
From Elsewhere	2,7%
No Access	72%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	45,4%
Owned and fully paid off	32,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	5,1%
Occupied rent free	13,5%
Other	3,7%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	72,4%
Borehole	11,5%
Spring	1%
Rain water tank	0,5%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,8%
River/Stream	6,5%
Water vendor	0,6%
Water tanker	3,4%
Other	1,3%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,9%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	64,2%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	4,1%
Chemical toilet	0,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	21,4%
Bucket toilet	0,5%
Other	1,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	58,6%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	5,8%
Communal refuse dump	1,2%
Own refuse dump	28,3%
No rubbish disposal	5,3%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	58,6%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	5,8%
Communal refuse dump	1,2%
Own refuse dump	28,3%
No rubbish disposal	5,3%
Other	0,8%

Economy

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27,1% Youth unemployment rate.

There are 35 972 employed persons, and 2 213 persons are classified as discouraged work-seekers. The total unemployment rate is estimated at 20,5%.

Of the youth (15–35 years), 16 624 are employed and 1 500 are discouraged work-seekers, with a total unemployment rate of 27,1%.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	35972
Unemployed	9268
Discouraged Work Seeker	2213
Not Economically Active	21327

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Income	Percentage
None income	12%
R1 - R4,800	3,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,8%
R9,601 - R19,600	20,6%
R19,601 - R38,200	22,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	14,9%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,6%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,7%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,3%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	1,496
Poultry production	3,193
Vegetable production	1,827
Production of other crops	1,060
Other	949

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,423
Animals only	2,734
Mixed farming	1,049
Other	294

**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	1,219
R1-R4 800	160
R4 801-R38 400	3,033
R38 401-R307 200	845
R307 201+	119
Unspecified	124

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Place names

Places in Thaba Chweu Municipality
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve Bosoord Brooklands Buffelskloof Graskop Leroro Lisbon Lydenburg Mashishing Matibidi Moremela Pilgrim's Rest Sabie Simile Sterkspruit Thaba Chweu NU Vertroosting

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	98,387
Young (0-14)	25,2%
Working Age (15-64)	69,9%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	43
Sex ratio	105,1
Growth rate	1,86% (2001-2011)
Population density	17 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	20,5%
Youth unemployment rate	27,1%
No schooling aged 20+	9,7%
Higher education aged 20+	9,6%
Matric aged 20+	30,2%
Number of households	33,352
Number of Agricultural households	5,500
Average household size	2,7
Female headed households	33,2%
Formal dwellings	74,6%
Housing owned/paying off	37,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	64,2%
Weekly refuse removal	58,6%
Piped water inside dwelling	38,8%
Electricity for lighting	84,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	81,681
Young (0-14)	28,4%
Working Age (15-64)	69,9%
Elderly (65+)	4,4%
Dependency ratio	48,9%
Sex ratio	99,4
Growth rate	4,29% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	25,1%
Youth unemployment rate	33,8%
No schooling aged 20+	21%
Higher education aged 20+	6,2%
Matric aged 20+	18,8%
Number of households	21,257
Average household size	3
Female headed households	35,6%
Formal dwellings	68,7%
Housing owned/paying off	44,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	57,4%
Weekly refuse removal	58,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	30%
Electricity for lighting	75,3%

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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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