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Midvaal

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3,94% Growth rate

Midvaal Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sedibeng district of Gauteng. The name was given due to its geographical location. Midvaal lies between Johannesburg and the East Rand and the Vaal River and Vereeniging.

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People

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5,2% of those aged 20 years and older have no form of schooling.

According to Census 2011, Midvaal Local Municipality has a total population of 95 305, of which 58,4% are black African, 38,7% are white, 1,6% are coloured, and 0,6% are Indian/Asian. Of those aged 20 years and older, 3,6% have completed primary schooling, 34,4% have some secondary education, 32,3% have completed matric, and 15,3% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	58,4%
Coloured	1,6%
Indian/Asian	0,8%
White	38,7%
Other	0,5%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	30,2%
English	13,7%
IsiNdebele	0,9%
IsiXhosa	5,2%
IsiZulu	11,5%
Sepedi	1,8%
Sesotho	27,3%
Setswana	1,6%
Sign Language	0,6%
SiSwati	0,4%
Tshivenda	0,5%
Xitsonga	1,7%
Other	2.3%
Not Applicable	2,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	33,4%
Living together like married partners	11,2%
Never married	49,3%
Widower/Widow	3,3%
Separated	0,7%
Divorced	2,1%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,2%
Some Primary	36,9%
Completed Primary	5,7%
Some Secondary	32,2%
Completed Secondary	14,9%
Higher Education	3,1%
Not Applicable	4%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	48,4%
Male	51,6%

Living Conditions

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79,3% of households have access to electricity.

There are 29 965 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,05. Of these households, 64,9% have access to piped water in their dwelling, 17,9% have water in their yard only and 4,2% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	83,6%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	16,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	91,2%	8,8%
Computer	32,3%	67,7%
Television	75,4%	24,6%
Satellite Television	35,4%	64,6%
Radio	69,7%	30,3%
Landline / Telephone	17,3%	82,7%
Motor Car	47,3%	52,7%
Refrigerator	67,8%	32,2%
Electric / Gas-Stove	77,7%	22,3%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	71,9%	59,1%	79,3%
Gas	8,8%	7,9%	0,4%
Paraffin	15,6%	5,1%	4,3%
Solar	0,2%	0,4%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	15,3%
Wood	2,9%	11,6%	0%
Coal	0,3%	1,8%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,1%	14%	0,4%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	12,6%
From Cellphone	14,6%
From Work	7,3%
From Elsewhere	3,3%
No Access	62,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	24,4%
Owned and fully paid off	23,9%
Owned but not yet paid off	18,7%
Occupied rent free	29,3%
Other	3,7%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	75,8%
Borehole	18,6%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,2%
River/Stream	0,1%
Water vendor	0,4%
Water tanker	3,4%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	58%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	18,4%
Chemical toilet	6,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	1,6%
Pit toilet without ventilation	10,3%
Bucket toilet	2,2%
Other	1,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	82,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	1,9%
Own refuse dump	10,6%
No rubbish disposal	3,2%
Other	1,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	82,1%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1%
Communal refuse dump	1,9%
Own refuse dump	10,6%
No rubbish disposal	3,2%
Other	1,2%

Economy

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25,4% Youth unemployment rate

A total of 45 956 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 18,8% are unemployed. Of the 21 439 economically active youth (15–34 years) in the area, 25,4% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	37336
Unemployed	8620
Discouraged Work Seeker	1939
Not Economically Active	19287

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Income	Percentage
None income	14,5%
R1 - R4,800	3,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,9%
R9,601 - R19,600	14,8%
R19,601 - R38,200	16,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	12,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	10,3%
R153,801 - R307,600	10,9%
R307,601 - R614,400	8,3%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	3,1%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,7%
R2,457,601+	0,5%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	1,205
Poultry production	1,818
Vegetable production	2,118
Production of other crops	820
Other	984

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,951
Animals only	1,635
Mixed farming	819
Other	353

**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	908
R1-R4 800	170
R4 801-R38 400	1,645
R38 401-R307 200	1,465
R307 201+	370
Unspecified	202

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Place names

Places in Midvaal Municipality
Alberton Evaton Hartebeesfontein Mamello Meyerton Midvaal NU Nooitgecht Randvaal Vaal Marina Vereeniging Walkerville

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	95,301
Young (0-14)	23,2%
Working Age (15-64)	70,5%
Elderly (65+)	6,3%
Dependency ratio	41,9
Sex ratio	106,6
Growth rate	3,94% (2001-2011)
Population density	55 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	18,8%
Youth unemployment rate	25,4%
No schooling aged 20+	5,2%
Higher education aged 20+	15,2%
Matric aged 20+	32,1%
Number of households	29,965
Number of Agricultural households	4,759
Average household size	3
Female headed households	26,3%
Formal dwellings	80,2%
Housing owned/paying off	42,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	58%
Weekly refuse removal	82,1%
Piped water inside dwelling	64,9%
Electricity for lighting	79,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	64,271
Young (0-14)	23,8%
Working Age (15-64)	70,5%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	40,2%
Sex ratio	104,7
Growth rate	3,72% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	22,8%
Youth unemployment rate	30,4%
No schooling aged 20+	11,6%
Higher education aged 20+	9,5%
Matric aged 20+	25,3%
Number of households	19,573
Average household size	3,1
Female headed households	24,7%
Formal dwellings	80,8%
Housing owned/paying off	40,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	49,6%
Weekly refuse removal	50,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	40,8%
Electricity for lighting	62,9%

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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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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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