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The Big 5 False Bay

Quick Fact

The Big 5 False Bay Municipality has a total population of 35 258: Census 2011.

1,13% Growth Rate

Big Five False Bay Municipality is located is a municipality under Umkhanyakude District Municipality. It is located in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal province and covers approximately 1191km² of Umkhanyakude Disrict Municipality. The Municipality has a population of 35 258, the smallest population within the Umkhanyakude District Municipality.

The Municipality is largely rural. Majority of the population occupy the north-eastern part, which is densely populated by rural traditional communities. A large proportion of land is used for agriculture and game lodge activities and is sparsely populated. Hluhluwe is the main semi-urban area for the Municipality.

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People

Quick Fact

The municipality is deeply rural. The Municipality was the smallest in terms of population numbers and size compared to other four municipalities within Umkhanyakude.

96% 0f the total population is black african. Most of this people reside in the rural areas under the jurisdiction of Amakhosi. The remainder of the population is constituted by whites, which formed 3% of the population. Most of the Whites reside on farms and game lodges which are scattered throughout the municipality.

The dominant language is IsiZulu. The largest portion of the population consists of young people between the ages of 14 to 64 years.

Education

Census 2011 reveals school attendance by population aged between 5 and 24 was 75,7% (25 3763 out of total of 33502 ) while 24,3% (8128) were not attending school. In 2011 26,0 had no schooling down from 40,4% in 2001. 24,4% had completed matric in 2011 while 5% had attained higher education.

Births

The broad pyramid between ages 0-5 years indicate a high birth rate and high fertility rate.

Deaths

The broad pyramid between ages 0-5 years indicate a high birth rate and high fertility rate.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	95,8%
Coloured	0,3%
Indian/Asian	0,2%
White	3,2%
Other	0,4%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	1,5%
English	1,9%
IsiNdebele	1,1%
IsiXhosa	0,1%
IsiZulu	91,1%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0%
Setswana	0,6%
Sign Language	0,6%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.3%
Not Applicable	2,2%

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Group	Percentage
Married	14,3%
Living together like married partners	5,8%
Never married	77,5%
Widower/Widow	1,5%
Separated	0,8%
Divorced	0,1%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,6%
Some Primary	46,9%
Completed Primary	7%
Some Secondary	29,2%
Completed Secondary	11%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	0,7%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	53,2%
Male	46,8%

Living Conditions

Quick Fact

Big five False Bay Municipality is the smallest municipality within the Umkhanyakude District.

96% of households had access to piped water in the yard or 500m from their dwelling

The municipality has 7 998 households with average household of 3,8. It consists of 79,6% of formal dwellings. The proportion of households with flush toilets connected to water was 20,3 in 2011. The proportion of households with piped water inside dwellings was 23,5%.

Poverty

52% of the households were headed by women and the dependency ratio was 72. The municipality is impoverished like other 4 local municipality within Umkhanyakude District. With the lowest average household income in the district, this is indicative of how difficult it was for people to make ends meet.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	10,9%
Tribal/Traditional	80,7%
Farm	8,4%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	87,2%	12,8%
Computer	6,9%	93,1%
Television	39,9%	60,1%
Satellite Television	7,2%	92,8%
Radio	68,2%	31,8%
Landline / Telephone	3,8%	96,2%
Motor Car	14,9%	85,1%
Refrigerator	38,4%	61,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	44%	56%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	37,6%	30,1%	42,6%
Gas	7,5%	4,3%	0,3%
Paraffin	2,1%	0,6%	0,4%
Solar	0,1%	0,2%	2,2%
Candles	0%	0%	52,9%
Wood	51,5%	34,7%	0%
Coal	0,1%	3,9%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	1,8%	0%
Other	0,5%	0,1%	0%
None	0,5%	24,3%	1,5%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,2%
From Cellphone	21,8%
From Work	2,8%
From Elsewhere	1,4%
No Access	70,9%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	24%
Owned and fully paid off	16,7%
Owned but not yet paid off	14%
Occupied rent free	43,4%
Other	1,9%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	64,3%
Borehole	11%
Spring	1,1%
Rain water tank	5,9%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	7,6%
River/Stream	3,5%
Water vendor	1,3%
Water tanker	2,8%
Other	2,6%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	13,2%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	20,3%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	9,5%
Chemical toilet	9,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	38,3%
Pit toilet without ventilation	7,1%
Bucket toilet	0,9%
Other	1,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	18,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	6,2%
Communal refuse dump	2,5%
Own refuse dump	61,2%
No rubbish disposal	9,9%
Other	1,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	18,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	6,2%
Communal refuse dump	2,5%
Own refuse dump	61,2%
No rubbish disposal	9,9%
Other	1,8%

Economy

Quick Fact

There are few job opportunities within the municipality, especially for low educated youth.

Youth unemployment was 31,6%

31,6%

The municipality has an absence of industries and many young people finding it difficult to get jobs. The economy relies more on agriculture and few jobs opportunities existed, with the unemployment rate at 27%.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	5348
Unemployed	1930
Discouraged Work Seeker	2193
Not Economically Active	11026

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,4%
R1 - R4,800	8,5%
R4,801 - R9,600	12,8%
R9,601 - R19,600	23,1%
R19,601 - R38,200	22,9%
R38,201 - R76,4000	8,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	6,3%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,4%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,3%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,4%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	1,033
Poultry production	1,708
Vegetable production	1,724
Production of other crops	661
Other	320

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	1,067
Animals only	1,218
Mixed farming	936
Other	83

**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	1,250
R1-R4 800	356
R4 801-R38 400	1,365
R38 401-R307 200	192
R307 201+	34
Unspecified	105

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Place names

Places in The Big 5 False Bay Municipality
Bangiswa Ezimbondweni Giba Hlabisa Hluhluwe Mahongaza Mphakathini Mphakathini B Ngwenya Njiya Nqutsheni Nsimane Nyalazi Nyathini Qomukuphila Sikwakwaneni Sodwana St. Lucia Marine Reserve The Big Five False Bay NU The Greater St.Lucia

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	35,258
Young (0-14)	37,5%
Working Age (15-64)	58,1%
Elderly (65+)	4,4%
Dependency ratio	72
Sex ratio	88
Growth rate	1,13% (2001-2011)
Population density	14 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	26,5%
Youth unemployment rate	31,6%
No schooling aged 20+	26%
Higher education aged 20+	5%
Matric aged 20+	24,4%
Number of households	7,998
Number of Agricultural households	3,303
Average household size	3,8
Female headed households	51,9%
Formal dwellings	79,6%
Housing owned/paying off	30,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	20,3%
Weekly refuse removal	18,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	23,5%
Electricity for lighting	42,6%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	31,482
Young (0-14)	41,9%
Working Age (15-64)	58,1%
Elderly (65+)	4,5%
Dependency ratio	86,7%
Sex ratio	91,6
Growth rate	1,74% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	47%
Youth unemployment rate	50,1%
No schooling aged 20+	40,4%
Higher education aged 20+	4%
Matric aged 20+	12%
Number of households	6,214
Average household size	4,4
Female headed households	48,9%
Formal dwellings	49,2%
Housing owned/paying off	49,6%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	23,8%
Weekly refuse removal	15,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	13,9%
Electricity for lighting	21,9%

2011
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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