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Elections

11 124 Number of registered voters
  • Eastern Cape: 3 346 711
  • South Africa: 26 384 470
54.5% (6 060) Of registered voters cast their vote
  • a little less than the rate in Eastern Cape: 56.43% 1 888 500
  • a little less than the rate in South Africa: 57.95% 15 290 820

Demographics

23 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Eastern Cape: 22
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Africa: 25

24 382 People
  • Eastern Cape: 6,562,054L
  • South Africa: 51,770,560L

Afrikaans (12 651) Language most spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Eastern Cape: 46.42 5,092,152
  • more than double the figure in South Africa: 20.51 11,587,374

97.1% (23 671) Born in South Africa
  • about the same as the rate in Eastern Cape: 95.9% 6,292,709
  • a little higher than the rate in South Africa: 92.88% 48,086,817

98.1% (23 908) South African citizens
  • about the same as the rate in Eastern Cape: 96.92% 6,359,953
  • a little higher than the rate in South Africa: 94.55% 48,950,607

Households

6 325 Households
  • Eastern Cape: 1,754,366L
  • South Africa: 15,054,254L
17.9% (1 135) Households that are informal dwellings (shacks)
  • more than double the rate in Eastern Cape: 7.43% 130,388
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Africa: 13.04% 1,962,709

69.6% (4 405) Households fully owned or being paid off
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Eastern Cape: 57.35% 1,006,121
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Africa: 50.96% 7,672,084

44.4% (2 808) Households with women as their head
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eastern Cape: 49.73% 872,429
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Africa: 40.98% 6,169,672
11 Households with heads under 18 years old
  • Eastern Cape: 19,120
  • South Africa: 107,466

R14 600 Average annual household income
  • about the same as the amount in Eastern Cape: R14 600
  • about half the amount in South Africa: R29 400

Service delivery

97.5% (23 777) Are getting water from a regional or local service provider
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Eastern Cape: 56.85% 3,730,201
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Africa: 76.89% 39,807,757

84.5% (5 342) Have access to flush or chemical toilets
  • nearly double the rate in Eastern Cape: 45.44% 797,855
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Africa: 62.52% 9,418,195
10.6% (671) Have no access to any toilets
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Eastern Cape: 12.81% 225,007
  • about double the rate in South Africa: 5.22% 785,859

82.7% (20 158) Are getting refuse disposal from a local authority or private company
  • more than double the rate in Eastern Cape: 38.72% 2,540,569
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Africa: 59.4% 30,752,724

Economics

27.5% (4 404) Employed
  • a little higher than the rate in Eastern Cape: 26.03% 1,028,964
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Africa: 38.87% 13,180,077

R15 000 Average annual income
  • about half the amount in Eastern Cape: R30 000
  • about half the amount in South Africa: R30 000

11.5% (726) Households with internet access
  • about half the rate in Eastern Cape: 24.46% 429,496L
  • about one-third of the rate in South Africa: 35.32% 5,320,758L

Education

65.1% (9 134) Completed Grade 9 or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Eastern Cape: 54.74% 2,000,174L
  • about the same as the rate in South Africa: 65.83% 20,846,052L
23.1% (3 247) Completed Matric or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Eastern Cape: 27.66% 1,010,801L
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Africa: 39.34% 12,458,724L

Children

9 365 Children
  • Eastern Cape: 2,623,533
  • South Africa: 18,067,972

1.4% (106) Of children 14 and under have no living biological parents
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Eastern Cape: 3.62% 78,520
  • about half the rate in South Africa: 2.91% 439,085

87.4% (6 401) School-aged children (5 to 17 years old) are in school
  • a little less than the rate in Eastern Cape: 90.75% 1,856,316L
  • a little less than the rate in South Africa: 90.1% 12,382,518L

R2 400 Average annual income of employed children between 15 and 17
  • about the same as the amount in Eastern Cape: R2 400
  • about the same as the amount in South Africa: R2 400
16.9% (259) Of children between 15 and 17 are in the labour force
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Eastern Cape: 11.34% 51,717
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Africa: 13.07% 387,964

Child-headed households

11 Households with heads under 18 years old
  • Eastern Cape: 19,120L
  • South Africa: 107,466L
9.1% (1) Child-headed households that are informal dwellings (shacks)
  • more than double the rate in Eastern Cape: 4.16% 796
  • about the same as the rate in South Africa: 9.28% 9,974

45.5% (5) Child-headed households with women as their head
  • about the same as the rate in Eastern Cape: 45.77% 8,752
  • about the same as the rate in South Africa: 44.81% 48,156

N/A Average annual child-headed household income

Census 2011

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