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Richmond

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Richmond Municipality has a total population 65,793 people.

0,4% Growth rate

Richmond Municipality is situated south of Msunduzi, west of Mkhambathini and the Sisonke District in the south west. Richmond enjoys a competitive advantage in the field of agriculture that contributes to more than 50% of the gross geographic product and employment in the area. Historically, Richmond was one of the main destinations of the Bhambatha Rebellion and the Byrne Settlers. For tourists the local museum, the old court building and the prison are great attractions, while the Umkomaas River is a popular venue for white river rafting (uMgungundlovu District Municipality IDP 2012/13).

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People

Quick Fact

16,1% of those aged 20+ have had no formal schooling.

Richmond Local Municipality has a population of about 65 793, with a sex ratio of 94 males per 100 females. The dependency ratio is significantly high (62). Black Africans constitute 95,2% of the population,the white population constitutes 2,6%, and a smaller proportion of Indian people 1,1% and coloured people 0,9% make up the rest of the population.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	95,2%
Coloured	0,9%
Indian/Asian	1,1%
White	2,6%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	0,8%
English	5,1%
IsiNdebele	1,1%
IsiXhosa	2,5%
IsiZulu	84,1%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	2,1%
Setswana	0,5%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.6%
Not Applicable	2,5%

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Group	Percentage
Married	17,7%
Living together like married partners	3,8%
Never married	75,8%
Widower/Widow	2,2%
Separated	0,3%
Divorced	0,3%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,9%
Some Primary	45,1%
Completed Primary	6,3%
Some Secondary	31%
Completed Secondary	12,4%
Higher Education	0,7%
Not Applicable	1,7%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	51,5%
Male	48,5%

Living Conditions

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Access to electricity is relatively high, with 81,5% of households using electricity for lighting.

There are 16 440 households in the Richmond Local Municipality, with an average of 3,8 persons per household. 48,8% of households are headed by females. 54,7% of households reside in formal dwellings, and 20,2% have access to piped water from either inside the dwelling, inside the yard, or water on a community stand. Nearly a quarter of the Richmond population has access to proper sanitation, with 12,6% of households having access to a flush toilet.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	27,6%
Tribal/Traditional	53,8%
Farm	18,6%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	81,7%	18,3%
Computer	7,9%	92,1%
Television	57,4%	42,6%
Satellite Television	11%	89%
Radio	55,2%	44,8%
Landline / Telephone	5,1%	94,9%
Motor Car	14,6%	85,4%
Refrigerator	49,3%	50,7%
Electric / Gas-Stove	61,4%	38,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	61,1%	47,1%	81,5%
Gas	2,6%	1,3%	0,2%
Paraffin	5%	1,6%	1%
Solar	0,2%	0,2%	0,4%
Candles	0%	0%	16,3%
Wood	30,5%	38,7%	0%
Coal	0,2%	0,4%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	10,6%	0,6%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	2,8%
From Cellphone	12,7%
From Work	1,6%
From Elsewhere	2,3%
No Access	80,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	17,4%
Owned and fully paid off	35,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	9,1%
Occupied rent free	30,9%
Other	7,2%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	55,1%
Borehole	8,6%
Spring	5,2%
Rain water tank	1,2%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	6,2%
River/Stream	10,5%
Water vendor	0,7%
Water tanker	8,6%
Other	4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	12,6%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	7,7%
Chemical toilet	18,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	30,9%
Pit toilet without ventilation	22,4%
Bucket toilet	0,5%
Other	4,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	15,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,6%
Communal refuse dump	1,4%
Own refuse dump	73,4%
No rubbish disposal	6,8%
Other	1,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	15,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,6%
Communal refuse dump	1,4%
Own refuse dump	73,4%
No rubbish disposal	6,8%
Other	1,4%

Economy

Quick Fact

26,3% Unemployment rate.

According to the uMgungundlovu District Municipality IDP 2012/13, there are six critical sectors that contribute more than 92% of the district’s economy, namely Agriculture and forestry, Manufacturing, Wholesale and trade, Finance, Community services, and Households.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	13337
Unemployed	4753
Discouraged Work Seeker	4014
Not Economically Active	18505

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Income	Percentage
None income	11,1%
R1 - R4,800	4,9%
R4,801 - R9,600	10,7%
R9,601 - R19,600	29,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,5%
R38,201 - R76,4000	10,4%
R76,401 - R153,800	4,6%
R153,801 - R307,600	3%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,9%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,3%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	1,759
Poultry production	2,709
Vegetable production	2,738
Production of other crops	568
Other	464

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,718
Animals only	2,288
Mixed farming	1,424
Other	199

**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	1,259
R1-R4 800	259
R4 801-R38 400	3,431
R38 401-R307 200	423
R307 201+	87
Unspecified	170

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Place names

Places in Richmond Municipality
Embuthweni Hopewell Inkumane Kupholeni KwaCebelele KwaMagoda KwaNkukhu Mbila Mpofana Ndaleni Ngqokweni Ngqulu Richmond Richmond NU Shiyamphahla Siyathuhuka St Bernard's Mission Thornville Umgwenya

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	65,793
Young (0-14)	33,5%
Working Age (15-64)	61,7%
Elderly (65+)	4,7%
Dependency ratio	62
Sex ratio	94
Growth rate	0,4% (2001-2011)
Population density	52 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	26,3%
Youth unemployment rate	33,2%
No schooling aged 20+	16,1%
Higher education aged 20+	4,2%
Matric aged 20+	21,7%
Number of households	16,440
Number of Agricultural households	5,629
Average household size	3,8
Female headed households	48,8%
Formal dwellings	54,7%
Housing owned/paying off	44,5%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	12,6%
Weekly refuse removal	15,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	20,2%
Electricity for lighting	81,5%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	63,223
Young (0-14)	34,6%
Working Age (15-64)	61,7%
Elderly (65+)	5,1%
Dependency ratio	65,9%
Sex ratio	88,9
Growth rate	0,36% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	43,4%
Youth unemployment rate	50,9%
No schooling aged 20+	31,9%
Higher education aged 20+	3,7%
Matric aged 20+	10,2%
Number of households	12,533
Average household size	3,8
Female headed households	50,5%
Formal dwellings	42,3%
Housing owned/paying off	64,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	14,9%
Weekly refuse removal	12,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	17,8%
Electricity for lighting	55,5%

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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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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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