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Elections

6 016 Number of registered voters
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 495 822
  • Mpumalanga: 1 926 887
43.4% (2 610) Of registered voters cast their vote
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gert Sibande: 56.91% 282 155
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mpumalanga: 56.19% 1 082 665

Demographics

25 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gert Sibande: 23
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mpumalanga: 23

13 379 People
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 1 043 195
  • Mpumalanga: 4 039 939

IsiZulu (6 594) Language most spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 60.22 628,164
  • nearly double the figure in Mpumalanga: 26.47 1,106,588

95.3% (12 749) Born in South Africa
  • about the same as the rate in Gert Sibande: 95.43% 995,535
  • about the same as the rate in Mpumalanga: 94% 3,797,347

96.8% (12 953) South African citizens
  • about the same as the rate in Gert Sibande: 96.75% 1,009,288
  • about the same as the rate in Mpumalanga: 95.79% 3,869,664

Households

4 201 Households
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 281 518
  • Mpumalanga: 1 102 205
13% (544) Households that are informal dwellings (shacks)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gert Sibande: 16.32% 45,935
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mpumalanga: 10.6% 116,806

47.9% (2 011) Households fully owned or being paid off
  • a little less than the rate in Gert Sibande: 49.16% 138,393
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mpumalanga: 58.04% 639,735

32.7% (1 374) Households with women as their head
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gert Sibande: 38.67% 108,863
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mpumalanga: 39.92% 439,956
24 Households with heads under 18 years old
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 2,201
  • Mpumalanga: 10,369

R29 400 Average annual household income
  • about the same as the amount in Gert Sibande: R29 400
  • about the same as the amount in Mpumalanga: R29 400

Service delivery

97.9% (13 094) Are getting water from a regional or local service provider
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 77.48% 808,232
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mpumalanga: 73.58% 2,972,539

98.5% (4 137) Have access to flush or chemical toilets
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gert Sibande: 67.08% 188,943
  • more than double the rate in Mpumalanga: 45.47% 501,492
0.7% (29) Have no access to any toilets
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Gert Sibande: 4.99% 14,069
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mpumalanga: 6.27% 69,121

93.6% (12 517) Are getting refuse disposal from a local authority or private company
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gert Sibande: 59.43% 619,969
  • more than double the rate in Mpumalanga: 41% 1,656,425

Economics

47.2% (4 444) Employed
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 38.87% 259,129
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mpumalanga: 37.45% 969,771

R57 500 Average annual income
  • nearly double the amount in Gert Sibande: R30 000
  • nearly double the amount in Mpumalanga: R30 000

40.9% (1 717) Households with internet access
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 32.05% 90 272
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mpumalanga: 31.65% 349 079

Education

73% (6 355) Completed Grade 9 or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 61.76% 373 798
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mpumalanga: 62.81% 1 479 186
45.5% (3 960) Completed Matric or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 35.98% 217 789
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mpumalanga: 37.46% 882 212

Children

4 158 Children
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 395,240
  • Mpumalanga: 1,515,405

4% (137) Of children 14 and under have no living biological parents
  • a little higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 3.88% 12,779
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mpumalanga: 3.01% 37,996

88.5% (2 847) School-aged children (5 to 17 years old) are in school
  • about the same as the rate in Gert Sibande: 90.63% 276 445
  • a little less than the rate in Mpumalanga: 92.25% 1 053 848

N/A Average annual income of employed children between 15 and 17
17.5% (131) Of children between 15 and 17 are in the labour force
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gert Sibande: 12.66% 8,332
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mpumalanga: 11.74% 29,910

Child-headed households

24 Households with heads under 18 years old
  • less than 10 percent of the figure in Gert Sibande: 2 201
  • Mpumalanga: 10 369
37.5% (9) Child-headed households that are informal dwellings (shacks)
  • more than double the rate in Gert Sibande: 12.22% 269
  • more than double the rate in Mpumalanga: 7.61% 789

50% (12) Child-headed households with women as their head
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gert Sibande: 42.03% 925
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mpumalanga: 42.84% 4,442

N/A Average annual child-headed household income

Census 2011

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