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City of Matlosana

Quick Fact

The Census 2011 report showed that the City of Matlosana Municipality has a total population of 398 676 people

1,04% Growth Rate

The City of Matlosana municipality is located in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District in the North West Province. It is one of the four local municipalities in this district. The major towns are Hartbeesfontein, Klerkdorp, Orkney and Stilfontein.

(http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/193/city-of-matlosana-local-municipality).

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398,676

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395,466

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393,030

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People

Quick Fact

7,9% of the population have no formal schooling

7.9% No Schooling

The Census 2011 report showed that that the City of Matlosana Municipalityhas atotal population of 398 676 people, of that number, 81,0% are black African;14,5% are white;with coloured and Indian/Asian making up the remaining population.

It was further reported that of the people aged 20 and above,13,6% had some form of primary schooling. About 36,4% had some form of secondary schooling, 28,2% have completed matric and 9,0% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	81%
Coloured	3,5%
Indian/Asian	0,8%
White	14,5%
Other	0,3%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	17,3%
English	4,3%
IsiNdebele	0,6%
IsiXhosa	14%
IsiZulu	2,1%
Sepedi	0,6%
Sesotho	19,9%
Setswana	36%
Sign Language	0,6%
SiSwati	0,3%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	1,2%
Other	1%
Not Applicable	1,9%

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Group	Percentage
Married	24,2%
Living together like married partners	9,3%
Never married	60,7%
Widower/Widow	3,8%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	1,4%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,8%
Some Primary	43,4%
Completed Primary	6%
Some Secondary	32,3%
Completed Secondary	12,2%
Higher Education	1,5%
Not Applicable	0,9%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50%
Male	50%

Living Conditions

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The number shows that 90,3% of households have access to electricity for lighting

90,3% Electricity

In the municipality, there are 120 442 households with an average household size of 3,2 persons per household.

The Census 2011 figures show that 50,1% of households have access to piped water in their dwellings and 46%have access to piped water in the yard. Only 1,1% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	93%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	89%	11%
Computer	18,7%	81,3%
Television	81,3%	18,7%
Satellite Television	25,5%	74,5%
Radio	70%	30%
Landline / Telephone	12,5%	87,5%
Motor Car	30,9%	69,1%
Refrigerator	73,8%	26,2%
Electric / Gas-Stove	84,5%	15,5%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	85,6%	71,7%	90,3%
Gas	2,4%	2%	0,1%
Paraffin	9,6%	4,3%	1,7%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	7,4%
Wood	1,7%	5,5%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,6%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	15,4%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,2%
From Cellphone	13,5%
From Work	3,7%
From Elsewhere	4%
No Access	72,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	29,5%
Owned and fully paid off	47,1%
Owned but not yet paid off	10,8%
Occupied rent free	9,4%
Other	3,2%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	93,4%
Borehole	4,6%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,1%
River/Stream	0%
Water vendor	0,3%
Water tanker	0,7%
Other	0,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	1,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	92,8%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	1,4%
Chemical toilet	0,1%
Pit toilet with ventilation	0,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	2%
Bucket toilet	1%
Other	0,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	89,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	0,8%
Own refuse dump	6,2%
No rubbish disposal	2,6%
Other	0,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	89,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	0,8%
Own refuse dump	6,2%
No rubbish disposal	2,6%
Other	0,4%

Economy

Quick Fact

The unemployment rate in the municipality stands at 32,7%.

Of the 158 896 economically active (employed and unemployed but looking for work) people in the municipality, 32,7% are unemployed. There are 11 311 discouraged work-seekers in the municipality.

The Census 2011 states that of the people aged 15–34, 44 305 are employed, 33 500 are unemployed and there are 7 199 discouraged work-seekers among the youth.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	106929
Unemployed	51967
Discouraged Work Seeker	11311
Not Economically Active	94420

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Income	Percentage
None income	15,9%
R1 - R4,800	4,6%
R4,801 - R9,600	7,2%
R9,601 - R19,600	16,1%
R19,601 - R38,200	18,3%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,9%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,2%
R153,801 - R307,600	7%
R307,601 - R614,400	3,4%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,8%
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	3,780
Poultry production	4,974
Vegetable production	5,268
Production of other crops	4,821
Other	4,081

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	6,289
Animals only	4,835
Mixed farming	2,234
Other	1,047

**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	4,054
R1-R4 800	575
R4 801-R38 400	6,360
R38 401-R307 200	2,869
R307 201+	261
Unspecified	286

Agricultural households municipal data per province
Western Cape (download)
Eastern Cape (download)
Northern Cape (download)
Free State (download)
KwaZulu-Natal (download)
North West (download)
Gauteng (download)
Mpumalanga (download)
Limpopo (download)

**Please note that each province contains twenty five tables

Place names

Places in City of Matlosana Municipality
Dominionville Doringkruin Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve Hartbeestfontein B Kanana Khuma Klerksdorp Matlosana NU Orkney Stilfontein Tigane Umzimhle

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	398,676
Young (0-14)	28,2%
Working Age (15-64)	66,4%
Elderly (65+)	5,4%
Dependency ratio	50,7
Sex ratio	100
Growth rate	1,04% (2001-2011)
Population density	112 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	32,7%
Youth unemployment rate	43,1%
No schooling aged 20+	7,9%
Higher education aged 20+	9%
Matric aged 20+	28,2%
Number of households	120,442
Number of Agricultural households	14,406
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	36,7%
Formal dwellings	82,9%
Housing owned/paying off	57,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	92,8%
Weekly refuse removal	89,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	50,1%
Electricity for lighting	90,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	359,202
Young (0-14)	26,5%
Working Age (15-64)	66,4%
Elderly (65+)	4,2%
Dependency ratio	44,4%
Sex ratio	104,1
Growth rate	1,43% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	40%
Youth unemployment rate	52,5%
No schooling aged 20+	14,3%
Higher education aged 20+	6,1%
Matric aged 20+	22,1%
Number of households	93,339
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	32,5%
Formal dwellings	65,8%
Housing owned/paying off	61,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	72%
Weekly refuse removal	87,9%
Piped water inside dwelling	25,2%
Electricity for lighting	83,9%

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2001

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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