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Umdoni

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According to Census 2011, Umdoni Local Municipality has a total population of 78,875 people.

2,35% Growth Rates

Umdoni Municipality, with its base in Scottburgh, covers an area of 236 square kilometres. The Municipality is located in KwaZulu-Natal, about 50 km from Durban and 65 km from Port Shepstone. The urban areas of the municipality comprise the coastal towns of Scottburgh, Park Rynie, Pennington, Sezela, Bazely, Ifafa, Elysium and Mtwalume, and the inland towns of Umzinto / Umzinto North, including Shayamoya and Esperanza. The rural areas contain farms and Traditional Authority land, on which a number of rural settlements are to be found.

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People

Quick Fact

8,7% have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011,UmdoniLocal Municipality has a total population of 47 380 people, of which 76,7% was black African, 8,5% are white and with the other population groups making up the remaining 14,8%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 4,6% have completed primary school, 32,3% have some secondary education, 31% have completed matric, 8,3% have some form of higher education, and 8,7% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	76,7%
Coloured	1,2%
Indian/Asian	13,3%
White	8,5%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	2,3%
English	22,1%
IsiNdebele	0,8%
IsiXhosa	4,7%
IsiZulu	64,4%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,2%
Setswana	0,3%
Sign Language	0,6%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.5%
Not Applicable	3,9%

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Group	Percentage
Married	23,5%
Living together like married partners	5,2%
Never married	65,8%
Widower/Widow	4,2%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3%
Some Primary	38,6%
Completed Primary	6,1%
Some Secondary	32,1%
Completed Secondary	16,1%
Higher Education	1,4%
Not Applicable	2,6%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,4%
Male	48,6%

Living Conditions

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More than three-quarters of households (76,3%) have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 22 869 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,2 persons per household. Less than half of households (40,6%) have access to piped water either in their dwellings or in the yard. Only 2,1% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	38,7%
Tribal/Traditional	58,6%
Farm	2,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	85,1%	14,9%
Computer	18,5%	81,5%
Television	65,6%	34,4%
Satellite Television	31,9%	68,1%
Radio	63,8%	36,2%
Landline / Telephone	22,7%	77,3%
Motor Car	30,6%	69,4%
Refrigerator	62%	38%
Electric / Gas-Stove	69,5%	30,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	68,7%	59,1%	76,3%
Gas	5,5%	2,5%	0,4%
Paraffin	19,5%	5,7%	1,5%
Solar	0,2%	0,3%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	21,2%
Wood	5,4%	8,4%	0%
Coal	0,3%	0,4%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,2%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	23,4%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	9,7%
From Cellphone	15,8%
From Work	2,6%
From Elsewhere	4,5%
No Access	67,4%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	23,9%
Owned and fully paid off	45,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	11,9%
Occupied rent free	15,5%
Other	3,3%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	87,8%
Borehole	4%
Spring	0,3%
Rain water tank	0,4%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1%
River/Stream	1,1%
Water vendor	0,6%
Water tanker	2,1%
Other	2,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	34,2%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	11,7%
Chemical toilet	4,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	12%
Pit toilet without ventilation	19,2%
Bucket toilet	6,6%
Other	9,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	52,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	1,5%
Own refuse dump	42,5%
No rubbish disposal	1,9%
Other	0,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	52,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	1,5%
Own refuse dump	42,5%
No rubbish disposal	1,9%
Other	0,5%

Economy

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33,3% Unemployment rate.

The municipality has 25 035 people who are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these 33,3% are unemployed. Of the 13 321 economically active youth (15–34 years) in the area, 43,3% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	16698
Unemployed	8337
Discouraged Work Seeker	3869
Not Economically Active	22755

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Income	Percentage
None income	16,8%
R1 - R4,800	4,5%
R4,801 - R9,600	7%
R9,601 - R19,600	21,2%
R19,601 - R38,200	18%
R38,201 - R76,4000	12,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,4%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,8%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	865
Poultry production	1,436
Vegetable production	2,698
Production of other crops	987
Other	394

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	2,517
Animals only	1,126
Mixed farming	800
Other	189

**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	1,220
R1-R4 800	179
R4 801-R38 400	2,487
R38 401-R307 200	575
R307 201+	49
Unspecified	285

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Place names

Places in Umdoni Municipality
aMahlongwa Amandawe Amangamazi Bazley Beach Bhudubhudu eHlanzeni Elysium Esperanza Ifafa Beach Ifafa marine Mafithini Maryville Mhlangamkhulu Mtwalume Scottburgh Sezela Umdoni NU Umgwemphisi Umzinto Uswani Wingrove

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	78,875
Young (0-14)	26,8%
Working Age (15-64)	65,5%
Elderly (65+)	7,7%
Dependency ratio	52,7
Sex ratio	94,4
Growth rate	2,35% (2001-2011)
Population density	314 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	33,3%
Youth unemployment rate	43,3%
No schooling aged 20+	8,7%
Higher education aged 20+	8,3%
Matric aged 20+	30,8%
Number of households	22,869
Number of Agricultural households	4,632
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	42,4%
Formal dwellings	74,3%
Housing owned/paying off	57,3%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	34,2%
Weekly refuse removal	52,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	40,6%
Electricity for lighting	76,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	62,375
Young (0-14)	28,7%
Working Age (15-64)	65,5%
Elderly (65+)	6,7%
Dependency ratio	54,7%
Sex ratio	91,9
Growth rate	2,81% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	42,1%
Youth unemployment rate	52%
No schooling aged 20+	20%
Higher education aged 20+	8%
Matric aged 20+	20,4%
Number of households	15,299
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	39,4%
Formal dwellings	62,4%
Housing owned/paying off	60%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	39%
Weekly refuse removal	42,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	37,3%
Electricity for lighting	66,3%

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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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