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Mtubatuba

Quick Fact

80% of Mtubatuba fell under traditional authorities

16% of the municipality reside in Matubatuba

Mtubatuba is one of the five municipalities within Umkhanyakude District Municipality in KwaZulu Natal. Mtubatuba was named after the inkosi Mtubatuba of the Mkhwanazi Clan. It is situated on the north-east coast of the province, and was home to 175 425 people. Covering an area of approximately 1970km² Mtubatuba Municipality was one of the most urbanised municipality within the district, with 15% of the municipality falling under urban areas.

The two main town areas are Mtubatuba and St Lucia. The vast majority of the municipality was under traditional authority – almost 80% – indicating a high proportion of people residing in scattered, rural villages under the jurisdiction of traditional authorities. The Isimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site falls under Matubatuba.

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177,577

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175,425

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171,982

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168,902

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166,825

People

Quick Fact

Mtubatuba had the highest growth rate in the province between 2001 and 2011 – standing at 1,85%.

The majority of the population was Black African and constituted 98% of the population with whites making up just 1% of the population. The dominant home language was isiZulu – spoken by 92% of the population.

Population growth has slowed in the municipality but growth rate of 1,8% was much higher then the provincial average of 0,7%. Mtubatuba is closer to Empangeni-Richards Bay and at the junction of a popular tourist area. Females made up the majority of the population – 54% – with males making up the remaining 46%.

Education

Out of the total of 79 724 of the population aged between 5 years and 24 years, 79% (62 971) were attending school, with non attendance at just 21% (16 753). 19.9% of the population aged 20 year and above had no schooling , while 5,7% had attained higher education and 28,4 had completed matric.

Births

The high proportion of persons aged under 4 years – 14% of the population – was indicative of higher birth rates and survival rates associated improved health services and access to anti-retroviral medication. Hlabisa had the highest proportion of young persons in the province.

Deaths

While the higher proportion of 0-4 years was indicative of a reduction in infant mortality, mortality rates are still high. Of the 1 177 deaths recorded, Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in 2010 – 1 in 10 deaths were a result of TB. This was followed by HIV and Cerebrovascular diseases.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	98,1%
Coloured	0,4%
Indian/Asian	0,3%
White	1,1%
Other	0,1%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	0,7%
English	2,9%
IsiNdebele	1,3%
IsiXhosa	0,1%
IsiZulu	92,4%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,1%
Setswana	0,6%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.3%
Not Applicable	0,7%

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Group	Percentage
Married	14,3%
Living together like married partners	4,6%
Never married	78,7%
Widower/Widow	1,7%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,2%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,4%
Some Primary	46,6%
Completed Primary	6,3%
Some Secondary	29,9%
Completed Secondary	12,6%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	0,6%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,6%
Male	46,4%

Living Conditions

Quick Fact

Just over 80% of people lived in formal dwellings.

65% of households used electricity.

Mtubatuba municipality had 34 905 households with average household size o of 5,6. The proportion of formal dwellings was 80,5% up from 59,9% in 2001. Just 17% of households had flush toilet connected to sewage, and 22,1% of households had water inside the dwellings. 65,1% of the households used electricity for lighting.

Poverty

Mtubatuba Municipality had a high dependency ratio of 78 with 47% of households headed by females. The majority of the population was young and dependent. 2% of the households were headed by children.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	11,1%
Tribal/Traditional	87%
Farm	1,9%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	88,6%	11,4%
Computer	8,4%	91,6%
Television	54,5%	45,5%
Satellite Television	16,7%	83,3%
Radio	66,4%	33,6%
Landline / Telephone	5,6%	94,4%
Motor Car	18%	82%
Refrigerator	56,4%	43,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	61,4%	38,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	55,5%	43,2%	65,1%
Gas	6%	2,7%	0,6%
Paraffin	2,4%	1,2%	0,6%
Solar	0,2%	0,4%	1,1%
Candles	0%	0%	31,6%
Wood	34,7%	23,1%	0%
Coal	0,3%	2,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Other	0,5%	0%	0%
None	0,4%	27%	1,1%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	4,2%
From Cellphone	20%
From Work	2,3%
From Elsewhere	3,4%
No Access	70%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	11,7%
Owned and fully paid off	48,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	14,3%
Occupied rent free	22,9%
Other	2,6%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	43,6%
Borehole	7,3%
Spring	1,7%
Rain water tank	3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	12,1%
River/Stream	18,6%
Water vendor	1,5%
Water tanker	4,8%
Other	7,4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	18,5%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	17%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,3%
Chemical toilet	8,9%
Pit toilet with ventilation	11,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	27,2%
Bucket toilet	0,8%
Other	12,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	13,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,4%
Communal refuse dump	1,7%
Own refuse dump	70,3%
No rubbish disposal	9,9%
Other	3,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	13,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,4%
Communal refuse dump	1,7%
Own refuse dump	70,3%
No rubbish disposal	9,9%
Other	3,5%

Economy

Quick Fact

51,2% Over half the youth were unemployed

The largest employment sector is the agricultural sector. Another industry that provides employment opportunities is the eco-tourism sector. Unemployment rate stood at 42,8%.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	20213
Unemployed	12942
Discouraged Work Seeker	7374
Not Economically Active	58035

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Income	Percentage
None income	13,5%
R1 - R4,800	5,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	10,9%
R9,601 - R19,600	22,5%
R19,601 - R38,200	23%
R38,201 - R76,4000	11,1%
R76,401 - R153,800	6,3%
R153,801 - R307,600	4,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	2,2%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,4%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	5,745
Poultry production	9,462
Vegetable production	6,127
Production of other crops	1,816
Other	1,016

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	3,443
Animals only	8,586
Mixed farming	3,481
Other	240

**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	4,257
R1-R4 800	953
R4 801-R38 400	8,669
R38 401-R307 200	1,142
R307 201+	131
Unspecified	598

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Place names

Places in Mtubatuba Municipality
DukuDuku DukuDuku NU Ebaswzini Enqupheni Ensolweni Esiyembeni Gunjaneni Hoho KwaMsane KwaMthole KwaSithole Machibini Madwaleni Makhambane Mapheleni Mfekayi Mhujini Mshaya Mtubatuba Mvutshini Ndombeni Nkatha Nkolokoto Nkombose Ntondweni Ogengele Ophondweni Phondweni Qakwini River View ShikiShela Somkele St Lucia

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	175,425
Young (0-14)	39,4%
Working Age (15-64)	56,2%
Elderly (65+)	4,4%
Dependency ratio	78
Sex ratio	86,4
Growth rate	1,85% (2001-2011)
Population density	89 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	39%
Youth unemployment rate	46,9%
No schooling aged 20+	19,9%
Higher education aged 20+	5,7%
Matric aged 20+	28,4%
Number of households	34,905
Number of Agricultural households	15,749
Average household size	4,8
Female headed households	52,8%
Formal dwellings	80,5%
Housing owned/paying off	62,8%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	17%
Weekly refuse removal	13,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	22,1%
Electricity for lighting	65,1%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	145,820
Young (0-14)	40,6%
Working Age (15-64)	56,2%
Elderly (65+)	4,5%
Dependency ratio	82,1%
Sex ratio	84,6
Growth rate	2,52% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	59,7%
Youth unemployment rate	69,2%
No schooling aged 20+	37,4%
Higher education aged 20+	5,3%
Matric aged 20+	14,5%
Number of households	24,826
Average household size	5,6
Female headed households	46,6%
Formal dwellings	59,9%
Housing owned/paying off	52,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	15%
Weekly refuse removal	11,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	8,2%
Electricity for lighting	45,6%

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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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