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Umtshezi

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3,25% Population growth rate.

3,25% Growth Rate

uMtshezi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. uMtshezi is an isiZulu word for Bushman or San.

uMtshezi Local Municipality comprises parts of the Magisterial Districts of Weenen and Estcourt, the informal settlements of Cornfields, Thembalihle, Mimosadale, and numerous settlements around Weenen. Estcourt is the largest commercial centre in the Midlands region, and an important service centre for the nearby towns of Mooi River, Winterton, Bergville, Colenso and Weenen. Weenen is a small agricultural town that is starting to emerge as a tourist destination.

The majority of the people in the municipality are concentrated in urban areas and in farming areas but there are a few patches of high-density settlements within the informal areas.

(Source: www.kzncogta.gov.za)

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People

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17% of those aged 20 years and older have no formal schooling.

Just fewer than 29,4% of those aged 20 years and older in the municipality have some secondary education, 26,8% have completed matric, and 7,8% have some form of higher education. 17% of those aged 20 years and older have no formal schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	90,2%
Coloured	1,4%
Indian/Asian	5,8%
White	2,3%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	1,1%
English	10,6%
IsiNdebele	1,1%
IsiXhosa	0,2%
IsiZulu	83,8%
Sepedi	0,3%
Sesotho	0,4%
Setswana	0,5%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.5%
Not Applicable	1,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	16,9%
Living together like married partners	7,2%
Never married	72,4%
Widower/Widow	2,8%
Separated	0,3%
Divorced	0,4%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,6%
Some Primary	46,6%
Completed Primary	6,1%
Some Secondary	29,2%
Completed Secondary	12,4%
Higher Education	1%
Not Applicable	1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,6%
Male	46,4%

Living Conditions

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Just less than three-quarters (73,2%) of households have access to electricity for lighting.

Most households (42,9%) have access to piped water in their dwellings.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	61,1%
Tribal/Traditional	3,8%
Farm	35,1%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	85,2%	14,8%
Computer	13,7%	86,3%
Television	65,3%	34,7%
Satellite Television	20,1%	79,9%
Radio	69,7%	30,3%
Landline / Telephone	13,6%	86,4%
Motor Car	24,8%	75,2%
Refrigerator	57,6%	42,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	65,5%	34,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	64,2%	45,6%	73,2%
Gas	3,5%	3,2%	0,2%
Paraffin	3,7%	7,5%	0,5%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,5%
Candles	0%	0%	24,9%
Wood	27,9%	33%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,4%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	9,9%	0,6%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	4,9%
From Cellphone	20,8%
From Work	2,7%
From Elsewhere	2,6%
No Access	68,9%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	15,1%
Owned and fully paid off	44,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	11,2%
Occupied rent free	26,3%
Other	2,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	69,5%
Borehole	6,3%
Spring	1,9%
Rain water tank	0,6%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	3,3%
River/Stream	9,9%
Water vendor	0,9%
Water tanker	6%
Other	1,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	17,5%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	47,3%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	4,3%
Chemical toilet	5,8%
Pit toilet with ventilation	6,9%
Pit toilet without ventilation	13%
Bucket toilet	1%
Other	4,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	50,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	34,7%
No rubbish disposal	10,2%
Other	2,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	50,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,1%
Communal refuse dump	1%
Own refuse dump	34,7%
No rubbish disposal	10,2%
Other	2,7%

Economy

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36,9% Unemployment rate.

uMtshezi Municipality economic sectors include agriculture, manufacturing and tourism.

21 142 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 36,9% are unemployed.

Of the 11 082 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, 47,0% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	13342
Unemployed	7800
Discouraged Work Seeker	7161
Not Economically Active	22802

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,8%
R1 - R4,800	6,3%
R4,801 - R9,600	11,3%
R9,601 - R19,600	20,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	19,5%
R38,201 - R76,4000	10,9%
R76,401 - R153,800	8,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	6%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,6%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,3%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	3,476
Poultry production	2,690
Vegetable production	3,119
Production of other crops	582
Other	435

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	2,040
Animals only	3,464
Mixed farming	1,369
Other	126

**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	2,395
R1-R4 800	352
R4 801-R38 400	3,212
R38 401-R307 200	827
R307 201+	89
Unspecified	125

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Place names

Places in Umtshezi Municipality
Campsie Glen CornFields Estcourt Ezitendeni Frere Impembeni Mbondwana Moor Park Rensburgsdrift Thembalihle uMtshezi NU Weenen Wembesi A Wembesi B Wembesi C

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	83,153
Young (0-14)	34,4%
Working Age (15-64)	61,5%
Elderly (65+)	4,2%
Dependency ratio	62,7
Sex ratio	86,7
Growth rate	3,25% (2001-2011)
Population density	42 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	36,9%
Youth unemployment rate	47%
No schooling aged 20+	16,9%
Higher education aged 20+	7,8%
Matric aged 20+	26,7%
Number of households	19,252
Number of Agricultural households	7,000
Average household size	4,2
Female headed households	48,9%
Formal dwellings	68,9%
Housing owned/paying off	56%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	47,3%
Weekly refuse removal	50,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	42,9%
Electricity for lighting	73,2%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	60,087
Young (0-14)	34,1%
Working Age (15-64)	61,5%
Elderly (65+)	4,4%
Dependency ratio	62,4%
Sex ratio	90,6
Growth rate	4,62% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	55,1%
Youth unemployment rate	64%
No schooling aged 20+	26,7%
Higher education aged 20+	6,9%
Matric aged 20+	20%
Number of households	13,102
Average household size	4,2
Female headed households	45,6%
Formal dwellings	59,8%
Housing owned/paying off	46,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	50%
Weekly refuse removal	59,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	29,5%
Electricity for lighting	63,9%

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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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