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Umsobomvu

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1,83% population growth rate.

1,83% Growth Rate

The Umsobomvu Local Municipality forms part of the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality which is located in the south-eastern part of the Northern Cape. The municipality is made up of three main entities, namely Colesberg, Noupoort, and Norvalspont, which is also called Kwa-sasizakhe.

Colesberg is the “capital” of Umsobomvu Local Municipality and was named after Sir Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1828–1833. Farming in the area is dedicated almost entirely to horses and merino sheep. In a sheep-farming area spread over half-a-million hectares, greater Colesberg breeds many of the country’s top merinos.

It is also renowned for producing high-quality racehorses and many stud farms, including one owned by legendary golfer, Gary Player.

(Source: www.localgovernment.co.za).

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People

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16,3% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to the 2011 Census, Umsombomvu Local Municipality has a total population of 28 376 people. Of the households in the area, 41,5% are headed by females. The majority of the population in the municipality are black African at 62,2%, 30,6% are coloured, 5,7% are white, 0,5% are Indian/Asian, with the other population groups making up the remaining 0,7%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 17,6% have completed primary school, 30,7% have some secondary education, 23,1% have completed matric and 6,3% have some form of higher education. Of the mentioned age group, 16,3% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	62,6%
Coloured	30,6%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	5,7%
Other	0,7%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	37,9%
English	1,8%
IsiNdebele	0,2%
IsiXhosa	54,2%
IsiZulu	0,4%
Sepedi	0,3%
Sesotho	1,9%
Setswana	0,4%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.6%
Not Applicable	1,7%

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Group	Percentage
Married	19,9%
Living together like married partners	7,5%
Never married	67,3%
Widower/Widow	3,9%
Separated	0,4%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,1%
Some Primary	48,2%
Completed Primary	6,5%
Some Secondary	29,6%
Completed Secondary	11,1%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	0,9%

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

Living Conditions

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86,7% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 7 841 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,5 persons per household. Of the households, 47,2% have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard, while 86,7% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	91,3%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	8,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	73,7%	26,3%
Computer	11,6%	88,4%
Television	69,1%	30,9%
Satellite Television	33%	67%
Radio	65,3%	34,7%
Landline / Telephone	10,8%	89,2%
Motor Car	21,6%	78,4%
Refrigerator	64,4%	35,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	80,3%	19,7%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	78,8%	34,5%	86,7%
Gas	4,5%	2,8%	0,2%
Paraffin	10,6%	34,7%	1,7%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	10,9%
Wood	5%	15,1%	0%
Coal	0,5%	3,8%	0%
Animal Dung	0,2%	0,2%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	8,8%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	4,8%
From Cellphone	14,8%
From Work	3,8%
From Elsewhere	2,6%
No Access	74,1%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	19,9%
Owned and fully paid off	47%
Owned but not yet paid off	5,7%
Occupied rent free	24,8%
Other	2,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	83,5%
Borehole	10,7%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,9%
River/Stream	0,5%
Water vendor	0,4%
Water tanker	1,9%
Other	0,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	68,7%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	5,3%
Chemical toilet	2,8%
Pit toilet with ventilation	10,9%
Pit toilet without ventilation	0,9%
Bucket toilet	1,5%
Other	1,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	76,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	3,5%
Communal refuse dump	2,2%
Own refuse dump	15,9%
No rubbish disposal	1,7%
Other	0,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	76,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	3,5%
Communal refuse dump	2,2%
Own refuse dump	15,9%
No rubbish disposal	1,7%
Other	0,3%

Economy

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40,4% Youth unemployment rate.

There are 9 136 people that are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 33,0% are unemployed.

Of the 4 817 economically active youth (15–35 years) in the area, 40,4% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	6117
Unemployed	3019
Discouraged Work Seeker	1188
Not Economically Active	7492

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Income	Percentage
None income	13,5%
R1 - R4,800	4,5%
R4,801 - R9,600	6,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	21,1%
R19,601 - R38,200	21,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	14,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	9,8%
R153,801 - R307,600	5,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	2,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,6%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,3%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	473
Poultry production	449
Vegetable production	258
Production of other crops	119
Other	149

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	232
Animals only	665
Mixed farming	125
Other	38

**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	195
R1-R4 800	19
R4 801-R38 400	564
R38 401-R307 200	227
R307 201+	44
Unspecified	11

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Place names

Places in Umsobomvu Municipality
Colesberg Kwazamuxolo Masizakhe Norvalspont Noupoort Umsobomvu NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	28,376
Young (0-14)	31,4%
Working Age (15-64)	62,8%
Elderly (65+)	5,8%
Dependency ratio	59,3
Sex ratio	93,2
Growth rate	1,83% (2001-2011)
Population density	4 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	33%
Youth unemployment rate	40,4%
No schooling aged 20+	16,3%
Higher education aged 20+	6,3%
Matric aged 20+	23,1%
Number of households	7,841
Number of Agricultural households	1,060
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	41,5%
Formal dwellings	88,2%
Housing owned/paying off	52,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	68,7%
Weekly refuse removal	76,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	45,1%
Electricity for lighting	86,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	23,641
Young (0-14)	33,7%
Working Age (15-64)	62,8%
Elderly (65+)	5,3%
Dependency ratio	63,8%
Sex ratio	91,8
Growth rate	-1,41% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	51,9%
Youth unemployment rate	60,6%
No schooling aged 20+	27,9%
Higher education aged 20+	5,5%
Matric aged 20+	13,1%
Number of households	5,848
Average household size	3,9
Female headed households	43,1%
Formal dwellings	81,8%
Housing owned/paying off	52,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	48,3%
Weekly refuse removal	76,6%
Piped water inside dwelling	21,3%
Electricity for lighting	80,6%

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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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