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Thabazimbi

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2,63% Annual population growth rate.

2,63% Growth Rate

Thabazimbi Municipality is located in the south-western part of the Limpopo Province and has Botswana as its international neighbour. It is two hours drive from the City of Tshwane. The municipality has Marakele National Park, which is a subsidiary of the National Parks Board, and in the same standard as the Kruger National Park and Mapungube. The game lodges scattered around the area helps to promote environmental sustainability.

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People

Quick Fact

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

There are 85 234 people residing in the municipality, of which 84,3% are black African, 14,4% are white, with other population groups making up the remaining 1,3%.

Amongst those aged 20 years and above, 26,1% have completed matric, 8,2% have some form of higher education, and 8,8% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	84,3%
Coloured	0,6%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	14,4%
Other	0,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	14,5%
English	3,3%
IsiNdebele	0,9%
IsiXhosa	11,4%
IsiZulu	2%
Sepedi	7,3%
Sesotho	3,6%
Setswana	38%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0,7%
Tshivenda	1,2%
Xitsonga	6,8%
Other	2.1%
Not Applicable	7,8%

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Group	Percentage
Married	34%
Living together like married partners	10,6%
Never married	53%
Widower/Widow	1,3%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	0,7%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	5,6%
Some Primary	36,3%
Completed Primary	6,4%
Some Secondary	33,4%
Completed Secondary	14,2%
Higher Education	1,6%
Not Applicable	2,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	41,5%
Male	58,5%

Living Conditions

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76,8% Use electricity for lighting.

Of the 25 080 households in the municipality, 47,3% have piped water inside the dwelling, 23,9% have piped water inside the yard, and 12,7% have access to piped water less than 200m from their dwelling. Only 6,2% of households have no access to piped water, and 76,8% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	82,2%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	17,8%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	92,2%	7,8%
Computer	19,7%	80,3%
Television	63,6%	36,4%
Satellite Television	28,3%	71,7%
Radio	59,1%	40,9%
Landline / Telephone	6%	94%
Motor Car	29,5%	70,5%
Refrigerator	57,2%	42,8%
Electric / Gas-Stove	69,6%	30,4%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	73,1%	68%	76,8%
Gas	1,7%	1,2%	0,2%
Paraffin	16,1%	8%	4,4%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	17,9%
Wood	8,7%	14%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	8,2%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,7%
From Cellphone	17%
From Work	4,9%
From Elsewhere	2,6%
No Access	68,8%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	46%
Owned and fully paid off	15,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	8,6%
Occupied rent free	25,6%
Other	4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	63,9%
Borehole	17,4%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,3%
River/Stream	0,2%
Water vendor	1,2%
Water tanker	14,8%
Other	1,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	6,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	63,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	4,9%
Chemical toilet	0,7%
Pit toilet with ventilation	2,6%
Pit toilet without ventilation	18,4%
Bucket toilet	0,8%
Other	3,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	60,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,8%
Communal refuse dump	2,2%
Own refuse dump	28,8%
No rubbish disposal	5,5%
Other	1,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	60,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,8%
Communal refuse dump	2,2%
Own refuse dump	28,8%
No rubbish disposal	5,5%
Other	1,3%

Economy

Quick Fact

26,9% Youth unemployment rate.

The unemployment rate (20,6%) and the youth unemployment rate (26,9%) is the lowest in the district. The mining industry is a major source of employment. Agricultural activities include Cattle, Poultry and Game while mining activities include Iron and Platinum.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	32918
Unemployed	8562
Discouraged Work Seeker	1236
Not Economically Active	22438

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Income	Percentage
None income	14%
R1 - R4,800	2,7%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,1%
R9,601 - R19,600	12,6%
R19,601 - R38,200	16,1%
R38,201 - R76,4000	20%
R76,401 - R153,800	14%
R153,801 - R307,600	9,9%
R307,601 - R614,400	4,6%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,2%
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	872
Poultry production	1,207
Vegetable production	763
Production of other crops	690
Other	936

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	574
Animals only	1,012
Mixed farming	574
Other	210

**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	398
R1-R4 800	67
R4 801-R38 400	859
R38 401-R307 200	819
R307 201+	118
Unspecified	109

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Place names

Places in Thabazimbi Municipality
Amandelbult Dwaalboom Leeupoort Middeldrift Northam A Northam B Rooiberg Sitrusvlakte Thabazimbi Thabazimbi A Thabazimbi NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	85,234
Young (0-14)	21,1%
Working Age (15-64)	76,4%
Elderly (65+)	2,4%
Dependency ratio	30,8
Sex ratio	141,1
Growth rate	2,63% (2001-2011)
Population density	8 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	20,6%
Youth unemployment rate	26,9%
No schooling aged 20+	8,8%
Higher education aged 20+	8,1%
Matric aged 20+	26,1%
Number of households	25,080
Number of Agricultural households	2,370
Average household size	2,8
Female headed households	24,7%
Formal dwellings	70,7%
Housing owned/paying off	24,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	63,1%
Weekly refuse removal	60,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	47,3%
Electricity for lighting	76,8%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	65,533
Young (0-14)	26%
Working Age (15-64)	76,4%
Elderly (65+)	2,5%
Dependency ratio	39,9%
Sex ratio	114
Growth rate	1,71% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	21%
Youth unemployment rate	31%
No schooling aged 20+	17,6%
Higher education aged 20+	4,4%
Matric aged 20+	16,1%
Number of households	20,734
Average household size	2,5
Female headed households	24,5%
Formal dwellings	59,3%
Housing owned/paying off	31,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	49,5%
Weekly refuse removal	42,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	24,7%
Electricity for lighting	57,3%

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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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