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Elections

3 807 Number of registered voters
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Ugu: 368 020
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 5 421 987
58% (2 206) Of registered voters cast their vote
  • a little less than the rate in Ugu: 60.39% 222 254
  • a little less than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 61.48% 3 333 298

Demographics

20 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ugu: 22
  • about 90 percent of the figure in KwaZulu-Natal: 23

6 699 People
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Ugu: 689,051L
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 10,267,300L

IsiZulu (6 481) Language most spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ugu: 80.75 556,432
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in KwaZulu-Natal: 76.96 7,901,932

98.1% (6 570) Born in South Africa
  • a little higher than the rate in Ugu: 95.54% 658,348
  • a little higher than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 95.2% 9,774,810

99.7% (6 676) South African citizens
  • about the same as the rate in Ugu: 97.33% 670,651
  • a little higher than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 97.03% 9,962,563

Households

1 606 Households
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Ugu: 177,899L
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 2,634,122L
0.3% (5) Households that are informal dwellings (shacks)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ugu: 4.43% 7,873
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 8.03% 211,540

65.8% (1 056) Households fully owned or being paid off
  • a little higher than the rate in Ugu: 62.75% 111,628
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 53.1% 1,398,620

57.2% (919) Households with women as their head
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ugu: 50.17% 89,259
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 46.45% 1,223,624
20 Households with heads under 18 years old
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Ugu: 1,918
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 27,505

R14 600 Average annual household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ugu: R14 600
  • about half the amount in KwaZulu-Natal: R29 400

Service delivery

12.8% (856) Are getting water from a regional or local service provider
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ugu: 66.4% 457,527
  • about one-fifth of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 67.25% 6,904,419

1.3% (20) Have access to flush or chemical toilets
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ugu: 34.31% 61,111
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 53.26% 1,403,745
3.3% (53) Have no access to any toilets
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ugu: 4.86% 8,657
  • about half the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 6.23% 164,307

0.8% (53) Are getting refuse disposal from a local authority or private company
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ugu: 20.03% 138,048
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 45.79% 4,701,023

Economics

5.7% (208) Employed
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ugu: 27.49% 113,948
  • about one-fifth of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 31.51% 2,041,581

R7 500 Average annual income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Ugu: R30 000
  • about one-quarter of the amount in KwaZulu-Natal: R30 000

12.1% (194) Households with internet access
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ugu: 28.14% 50,115L
  • about one-third of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 33.91% 893,795L

Education

32.8% (1 107) Completed Grade 9 or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ugu: 54.88% 209,379L
  • about half the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 64.25% 3,770,328L
15% (507) Completed Matric or higher
  • about half the rate in Ugu: 30.56% 116,596L
  • about two-fifths of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 39.31% 2,306,985L

Children

3 004 Children
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Ugu: 277,626
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 3,956,728

5% (123) Of children 14 and under have no living biological parents
  • about the same as the rate in Ugu: 4.9% 11,193
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 4.4% 144,436

91.6% (2 093) School-aged children (5 to 17 years old) are in school
  • a little higher than the rate in Ugu: 88.71% 193,915L
  • a little higher than the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 87.7% 2,758,594L

N/A Average annual income of employed children between 15 and 17
6.5% (35) Of children between 15 and 17 are in the labour force
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ugu: 10.71% 5,249
  • about half the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 12.86% 87,075

Child-headed households

20 Households with heads under 18 years old
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Ugu: 1,918L
  • KwaZulu-Natal: 27,505L
N/A Child-headed households that are informal dwellings (shacks)

30% (6) Child-headed households with women as their head
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ugu: 45.05% 864
  • about two-thirds of the rate in KwaZulu-Natal: 46.05% 12,665

N/A Average annual child-headed household income

Census 2011

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