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Tswaing

Quick Fact

According to Census 2011 Tswaing Municipality has a total population of 124 218 people.

0,84% Growth rate

Tswaing Local Municipality is located in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West Province. It is one of the five local municipalities in this district. The major towns are Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal. The main economic sectors are agriculture and small-scale mining.(http://www.localgovernment.co.za )

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People

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22,9% of the population have no schooling and 5,3% have completed primary school.

According to Census 2011 Tswaing Municipality has a total population of 124 218 people, of which 92% are black African, 5,6% are white people, with other population groups making up the remaining 2,4%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 23,5% had some form of primary schooling, 26,7% had some form of secondary schooling, 15,7 % have completed matric and 5,6% have some form of higher education.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	92,4%
Coloured	1,4%
Indian/Asian	0,3%
White	5,6%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	6,7%
English	1,8%
IsiNdebele	0,7%
IsiXhosa	2,2%
IsiZulu	1,2%
Sepedi	0,3%
Sesotho	2,5%
Setswana	83,2%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.4%
Not Applicable	0,4%

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Group	Percentage
Married	17,3%
Living together like married partners	8,2%
Never married	69,4%
Widower/Widow	4,1%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	5,2%
Some Primary	52,8%
Completed Primary	7,2%
Some Secondary	28,2%
Completed Secondary	5,9%
Higher Education	0,5%
Not Applicable	0,2%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50,1%
Male	49,9%

Living Conditions

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73,7% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 30 634 households with an average household size of 4,0 persons per household. 21,4% of households have access to piped water in their dwelling and 27,6% have access to piped water in the yard. Only 9,9% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	33,3%
Tribal/Traditional	40,9%
Farm	25,8%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	79,8%	20,2%
Computer	9,6%	90,4%
Television	65,1%	34,9%
Satellite Television	11,5%	88,5%
Radio	63%	37%
Landline / Telephone	5,4%	94,6%
Motor Car	20,2%	79,8%
Refrigerator	55,7%	44,3%
Electric / Gas-Stove	67%	33%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	66%	50,6%	73,7%
Gas	2%	1%	0,1%
Paraffin	14,1%	5,2%	1,3%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,1%
Candles	0%	0%	24,3%
Wood	16,4%	30,4%	0%
Coal	0,3%	0,5%	0%
Animal Dung	1%	1,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	11,1%	0,5%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,4%
From Cellphone	15,1%
From Work	1,5%
From Elsewhere	3%
No Access	77,1%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	13,3%
Owned and fully paid off	53,5%
Owned but not yet paid off	3,4%
Occupied rent free	28,2%
Other	1,7%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	66,5%
Borehole	24,3%
Spring	0,6%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,3%
River/Stream	0,2%
Water vendor	0,4%
Water tanker	5,6%
Other	1,7%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	10,8%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	32,1%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	5,2%
Chemical toilet	0,4%
Pit toilet with ventilation	9,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	36,7%
Bucket toilet	1%
Other	4,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	16,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,6%
Communal refuse dump	1,5%
Own refuse dump	72,7%
No rubbish disposal	6,6%
Other	2,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	16,3%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,6%
Communal refuse dump	1,5%
Own refuse dump	72,7%
No rubbish disposal	6,6%
Other	2,3%

Economy

Quick Fact

28,7% are unemployed.

Unemployment rate is 28,7% and there are 29 104 people who are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work). There are 5 610 people who are classified as discouraged work-seekers.

The unemployment rate amongst the 14 113 youth (15 – 34 years) in the municipality stands at 40,1%.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	20754
Unemployed	8350
Discouraged Work Seeker	5610
Not Economically Active	37353

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Income	Percentage
None income	13,3%
R1 - R4,800	4,9%
R4,801 - R9,600	9,9%
R9,601 - R19,600	25,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	24,9%
R38,201 - R76,4000	10%
R76,401 - R153,800	5,5%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,6%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,7%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,5%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,2%
R2,457,601+	0,2%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	4,947
Poultry production	6,638
Vegetable production	961
Production of other crops	1,469
Other	1,651

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	573
Animals only	7,116
Mixed farming	1,960
Other	373

**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	2,724
R1-R4 800	252
R4 801-R38 400	5,492
R38 401-R307 200	1,061
R307 201+	305
Unspecified	187

Agricultural households municipal data per province
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Mpumalanga (download)
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Place names

Places in Tswaing Municipality
Atamelang Deelpan Delareyville Diretsane Doomlaagte Ganalaagte Geluk Geysdorp Khunwana Kopela Letsopa Majaneng Majeng Manamolele Mandela Park Manonyane Mofufutso Mokope Ottosdal Rakgwedi Saleng Sannieshof Thaba Sione Thawane Tswaing NU Witpan

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	124,218
Young (0-14)	36%
Working Age (15-64)	58%
Elderly (65+)	6%
Dependency ratio	72,4
Sex ratio	99,4
Growth rate	0,84% (2001-2011)
Population density	21 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	28,7%
Youth unemployment rate	40,1%
No schooling aged 20+	22,9%
Higher education aged 20+	5,6%
Matric aged 20+	15,7%
Number of households	30,634
Number of Agricultural households	10,023
Average household size	4
Female headed households	36,7%
Formal dwellings	77,5%
Housing owned/paying off	56,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	32,1%
Weekly refuse removal	16,3%
Piped water inside dwelling	21,4%
Electricity for lighting	73,7%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	114,155
Young (0-14)	37,5%
Working Age (15-64)	58%
Elderly (65+)	5,4%
Dependency ratio	75,2%
Sex ratio	93,6
Growth rate	4,48% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	34,1%
Youth unemployment rate	46,1%
No schooling aged 20+	34,3%
Higher education aged 20+	4,6%
Matric aged 20+	11,3%
Number of households	25,143
Average household size	4,4
Female headed households	36,5%
Formal dwellings	75,3%
Housing owned/paying off	44,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	26,4%
Weekly refuse removal	23,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	12,9%
Electricity for lighting	69,2%

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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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