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Thembelihle

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0,82% Growth Rate

Translated, Thembelihle means “a place of hope”. Thembelihle Local Municipality is situated in the heart of the Karoo in the Northern Cape province. This mostly agricultural landscape is rich in natural resources. The first diamond was discovered in Hopetown and a great part of the Anglo-Boer War was fought in these parts. The municipal area encompasses a geographic area of approximately 8 023 km².

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15,701

215

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People

Quick Fact

15,1% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, Thembelihle Local Municipality has a total population of 15 701 people whom 70,8% are coloured, 15,2% are black African, 13,1% are white, and 0,5% are Indian/Asian. The other population groups make up the remaining 0,4%. In this municipality, 32,3% of households are headed by females.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 7,0% have completed primary school, 29,8% have some secondary education, 19,9% have completed matric, and 6,6% have some form of higher education, while 15,1% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	15,2%
Coloured	70,8%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	13,1%
Other	0,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	88,8%
English	1,3%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	5%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,1%
Sesotho	0,7%
Setswana	1,2%
Sign Language	0,2%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.3%
Not Applicable	1,8%

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Group	Percentage
Married	22,3%
Living together like married partners	12%
Never married	59,9%
Widower/Widow	4,2%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	1,2%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,7%
Some Primary	48,8%
Completed Primary	7,1%
Some Secondary	29,9%
Completed Secondary	8,3%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	1,5%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	49,2%
Male	50,8%

Living Conditions

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75,2% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

There were 4 140 households in the municipality; with an average household size of 3,7 persons per household. 43,8 % of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	89,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	10,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	72,2%	27,8%
Computer	16,2%	83,8%
Television	60,2%	39,8%
Satellite Television	27,1%	72,9%
Radio	51,7%	48,3%
Landline / Telephone	14,1%	85,9%
Motor Car	30,2%	69,8%
Refrigerator	58,7%	41,3%
Electric / Gas-Stove	77,1%	22,9%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	63,2%	43,9%	75,2%
Gas	16,5%	2,9%	0,2%
Paraffin	9,1%	2,3%	2,4%
Solar	0,2%	0,6%	1,1%
Candles	0%	0%	20,8%
Wood	10,5%	32,9%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,5%	17,1%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	5,8%
From Cellphone	13,8%
From Work	2,2%
From Elsewhere	2,4%
No Access	75,8%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	16,3%
Owned and fully paid off	39,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	12%
Occupied rent free	29,9%
Other	2,5%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	75,2%
Borehole	20%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,6%
River/Stream	2,8%
Water vendor	0,1%
Water tanker	1%
Other	0,1%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	10,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	60%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	5,4%
Chemical toilet	0,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	11%
Pit toilet without ventilation	11,7%
Bucket toilet	0,3%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	68,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	4,6%
Own refuse dump	13,7%
No rubbish disposal	11,6%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	68,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	4,6%
Own refuse dump	13,7%
No rubbish disposal	11,6%
Other	0,9%

Economy

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35,2% Youth unemployment rate.

5 393 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 28,4% are unemployed.Of the 2 831 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	3861
Unemployed	1532
Discouraged Work Seeker	687
Not Economically Active	3776

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Income	Percentage
None income	10,4%
R1 - R4,800	2,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,2%
R9,601 - R19,600	20,2%
R19,601 - R38,200	25,8%
R38,201 - R76,4000	17,8%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,2%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,2%
R307,601 - R614,400	2,9%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,6%
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	638
Poultry production	706
Vegetable production	444
Production of other crops	600
Other	442

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	217
Animals only	431
Mixed farming	443
Other	5

**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	235
R1-R4 800	8
R4 801-R38 400	610
R38 401-R307 200	186
R307 201+	36
Unspecified	23

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Place names

Places in Thembelihle Municipality
Hopetown Orania Strydenburg Thembelihle NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	15,701
Young (0-14)	30,9%
Working Age (15-64)	62,8%
Elderly (65+)	6,4%
Dependency ratio	59,3
Sex ratio	103,3
Growth rate	0,82% (2001-2011)
Population density	2 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	28,4%
Youth unemployment rate	35,2%
No schooling aged 20+	15,1%
Higher education aged 20+	6,6%
Matric aged 20+	19,9%
Number of households	4,140
Number of Agricultural households	1,097
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	32,3%
Formal dwellings	77,5%
Housing owned/paying off	51,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	60%
Weekly refuse removal	68,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	33,5%
Electricity for lighting	75,2%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	14,467
Young (0-14)	32,1%
Working Age (15-64)	62,8%
Elderly (65+)	5,9%
Dependency ratio	61,5%
Sex ratio	98,9
Growth rate	1,27% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	23%
Youth unemployment rate	30%
No schooling aged 20+	26,4%
Higher education aged 20+	6,4%
Matric aged 20+	12,7%
Number of households	3,596
Average household size	3,8
Female headed households	24,2%
Formal dwellings	77,1%
Housing owned/paying off	42,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	45,5%
Weekly refuse removal	57,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	25,9%
Electricity for lighting	67,2%

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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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