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Tokologo

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According to the 2011 census, Tokologo Local Municipality has a total population of 28 986, of which 84,5% is African Black, 9,9% is white, with the other population groups making up the remaining 5,6%.

-1,13% Growth Rate

Tokologo is located within Lejweleputswa District Municipality. The area covers 9 326 square kilometres and consists of three former Transitional Local Councils namely Boshof, Dealesville and Hertzogville, as well as a portion of a former Transitional Rural Council (Moddervaal), which consists of approximately 1 480 farms. Tokologo Local Municipality is in the western Free State. Tokologo is a Setswana word meaning “freedom”.

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People

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

According to the 2011census, Tokologo Local Municipality has a total population of 28 986, of which 84,5% is African Black, 9,9% is white, with the other population groups making up the remaining 5,6%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 6,6% have completed primary school, 27,3% have some secondary education, 17,8% have completed matric and 5,1% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	84,5%
Coloured	4,6%
Indian/Asian	0,7%
White	9,9%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	18,1%
English	1,6%
IsiNdebele	1%
IsiXhosa	10,5%
IsiZulu	0,8%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	8,2%
Setswana	55,3%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.5%
Not Applicable	3,4%

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Group	Percentage
Married	20%
Living together like married partners	11,6%
Never married	62,6%
Widower/Widow	4,2%
Separated	0,8%
Divorced	0,8%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,4%
Some Primary	46,7%
Completed Primary	8,1%
Some Secondary	27,9%
Completed Secondary	7,2%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	5,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50,3%
Male	49,7%

Living Conditions

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84,2% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 8698 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,2 persons per household.22,7% of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard. Only 2,3% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	80,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	19,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	75%	25%
Computer	10%	90%
Television	65,1%	34,9%
Satellite Television	13,9%	86,1%
Radio	62,5%	37,5%
Landline / Telephone	7,3%	92,7%
Motor Car	21,3%	78,7%
Refrigerator	58,3%	41,7%
Electric / Gas-Stove	77,2%	22,8%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	78,9%	58,8%	84,2%
Gas	2,2%	1,2%	0,2%
Paraffin	10,3%	6,6%	0,8%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,4%
Candles	0%	0%	14,2%
Wood	7,6%	20,8%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Animal Dung	0,4%	0,9%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	11,4%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,2%
From Cellphone	10,9%
From Work	1,5%
From Elsewhere	3,3%
No Access	81%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	14,9%
Owned and fully paid off	25,2%
Owned but not yet paid off	6,4%
Occupied rent free	50,3%
Other	3,3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	71,1%
Borehole	23,4%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,6%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,5%
River/Stream	0,5%
Water vendor	0,2%
Water tanker	2,8%
Other	0,8%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	11%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	18,5%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	7,6%
Chemical toilet	0,8%
Pit toilet with ventilation	37,4%
Pit toilet without ventilation	4,4%
Bucket toilet	18,1%
Other	2,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	45,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	2,1%
Communal refuse dump	2,3%
Own refuse dump	43,1%
No rubbish disposal	4,7%
Other	2,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	45,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	2,1%
Communal refuse dump	2,3%
Own refuse dump	43,1%
No rubbish disposal	4,7%
Other	2,8%

Economy

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35,8% Youth unemployment rate.

9122 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these 27,4% are unemployed. Of the 4647economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, 35,8% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	6618
Unemployed	2504
Discouraged Work Seeker	973
Not Economically Active	8141

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Income	Percentage
None income	10,2%
R1 - R4,800	4,7%
R4,801 - R9,600	8,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	28,2%
R19,601 - R38,200	24,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	11,1%
R76,401 - R153,800	6,3%
R153,801 - R307,600	4,1%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,9%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,4%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	913
Poultry production	719
Vegetable production	361
Production of other crops	308
Other	290

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	331
Animals only	1,130
Mixed farming	269
Other	94

**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	298
R1-R4 800	65
R4 801-R38 400	1,047
R38 401-R307 200	325
R307 201+	75
Unspecified	14

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Place names

Places in Tokologo Municipality
Boshof Dealesville Hertzogville Malebogo Seretse Tokologo NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	28,986
Young (0-14)	31,2%
Working Age (15-64)	62,9%
Elderly (65+)	5,9%
Dependency ratio	58,9
Sex ratio	98,9
Growth rate	-1,13% (2001-2011)
Population density	3 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	27,5%
Youth unemployment rate	35,8%
No schooling aged 20+	20,8%
Higher education aged 20+	5,1%
Matric aged 20+	17,8%
Number of households	8,698
Number of Agricultural households	1,824
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	33,2%
Formal dwellings	83,8%
Housing owned/paying off	31,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	18,5%
Weekly refuse removal	45,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	22,7%
Electricity for lighting	84,2%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	32,455
Young (0-14)	33%
Working Age (15-64)	62,9%
Elderly (65+)	5,4%
Dependency ratio	62,4%
Sex ratio	96,2
Growth rate	3,85% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	26,8%
Youth unemployment rate	33,1%
No schooling aged 20+	31,5%
Higher education aged 20+	2,7%
Matric aged 20+	12%
Number of households	8,847
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	31,7%
Formal dwellings	77,7%
Housing owned/paying off	54%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	13,9%
Weekly refuse removal	46,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	19%
Electricity for lighting	73,1%

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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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