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Amahlathi

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Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means “a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest”.

-1.16 Growth rate

Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means “a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest”. Forests are a key feature of the area.
Source: (www.amahlathi.gov.za).

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People

Quick Fact

10% have no form of schooling

According to the 2011 Census, Amahlathi Local Municipality has a total population of 122,778. Of the people in the municipality, 96,5% are black African, 1,2% are coloured, with the other population groups making up the remaining 2,3%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 9,4% have completed primary school, 37,7% have some secondary education, 13,6% have completed matric and 4,7% have some form of higher education. Of the mentioned age group, 10% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	96,5%
Coloured	1,2%
Indian/Asian	0,1%
White	2%
Other	0,2%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	1,9%
English	2,9%
IsiNdebele	0,1%
IsiXhosa	92,2%
IsiZulu	0,2%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,3%
Setswana	0,1%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0%
Xitsonga	0%
Other	0.2%
Not Applicable	1,2%

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Group	Percentage
Married	20,2%
Living together like married partners	3,2%
Never married	68,9%
Widower/Widow	6,1%
Separated	1%
Divorced	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2%
Some Primary	48,6%
Completed Primary	7,1%
Some Secondary	33,5%
Completed Secondary	6,2%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	2,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52,2%
Male	47,8%

Living Conditions

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82,4% have access to electricity

There are 34 159 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 3,5 persons per household. Females head 48,8% of the households.

Of the households, 82,4% have access to electricity. Only 15,6% of households have access to piped water inside the dwelling.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	34,9%
Tribal/Traditional	59,5%
Farm	5,6%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	79,2%	20,8%
Computer	5%	95%
Television	66,1%	33,9%
Satellite Television	8,4%	91,6%
Radio	65,4%	34,6%
Landline / Telephone	4,3%	95,7%
Motor Car	11,9%	88,1%
Refrigerator	55%	45%
Electric / Gas-Stove	73%	27%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	67,1%	16,5%	82,4%
Gas	2,4%	1,2%	0,1%
Paraffin	11,6%	30,9%	11,5%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	5,6%
Wood	17,7%	38,4%	0%
Coal	0,1%	1,8%	0%
Animal Dung	0,7%	0,3%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,3%	10,9%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	2%
From Cellphone	10,4%
From Work	1,4%
From Elsewhere	2,6%
No Access	83,6%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	7,4%
Owned and fully paid off	66,7%
Owned but not yet paid off	4,5%
Occupied rent free	18,1%
Other	3,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	71,1%
Borehole	2,9%
Spring	0,9%
Rain water tank	7,5%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,8%
River/Stream	11,5%
Water vendor	0,6%
Water tanker	1,5%
Other	1,2%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	8,5%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	18,7%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	3,4%
Chemical toilet	1,3%
Pit toilet with ventilation	19,3%
Pit toilet without ventilation	45,2%
Bucket toilet	0,3%
Other	3,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	20,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	71,9%
No rubbish disposal	5,5%
Other	0,8%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	20,5%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,3%
Communal refuse dump	1,1%
Own refuse dump	71,9%
No rubbish disposal	5,5%
Other	0,8%

Economy

Quick Fact

36,1% Unemployment rate

There are 27 051 people that are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these, 36,1% are unemployed.

Of the 11 948 economically active youth (15–34 years) in the area, 47,1% are unemployed

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	17298
Unemployed	9753
Discouraged Work Seeker	8729
Not Economically Active	37954

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Income	Percentage
None income	14,3%
R1 - R4,800	6,1%
R4,801 - R9,600	9,4%
R9,601 - R19,600	27,6%
R19,601 - R38,200	25,2%
R38,201 - R76,4000	9%
R76,401 - R153,800	4,4%
R153,801 - R307,600	2,5%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,1%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,2%
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	9,871
Poultry production	7,839
Vegetable production	5,669
Production of other crops	1,524
Other	1,051

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	2,199
Animals only	8,914
Mixed farming	4,254
Other	213

**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	4,140
R1-R4 800	488
R4 801-R38 400	9,687
R38 401-R307 200	995
R307 201+	94
Unspecified	178

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Place names

Places in Amahlathi Municipality
Amabele Amahlathi NU Amazibula Bhabha Bhavameni Bomapass Bongweni Border Post Burnshill Caba Carthcart Cata Cengu Cwaru Cwengcwe Daliwe Debe Nek Dongoba Dontsa Dratini Dwaleni eJojweni A eJojweni B eLalini Eluphendweni eMagqobhokeni Emangcumeni Emangweni Ematanjeni Ematoleni Embandezweleni Empindweni Emthonjini Eqolweni Ereyini eRhamnyiba Esinyanduleni Ethembeni eThwishini Fort Cox Frankfort Fubu Gasela Goshen Gwiligwili Heckel Hlontsheni Hokwana Jeke Kathcart Hemish Kamega Katikati Kei Road Keiskammahoek Kensington Komkhulu Kuze KwaBengu KwaBomvana KwaGubevu KwaJimi KwaLantolo KwaMadolo KwaMangati KwaMxhalanga KwaNcekemfu KwaNdenxa KwaNoxolo KwaTwenty KwaXelihagu Lalini Lenye Lower eNgqeqe Lower Gxulu Lower Mnyameni Lower Ngqumeya Lubomvini Luxomo Madubela Magqobhokeni Masincedane Matolweni Mbongiseni Mcewula Mdeni Mdukukeni Mdzisane Mgwali Mqukqanwe Mthwaku Ndhyibidyidi Ndlovini Ndungameni Ndzisaneni New Rest Ngabangu Ngcamngeni Ngobozana Ngqanda Ngqolongqolo Ngqolosa Ngqudela Ngxalawe Nkqayi Nompumelelo Nonkululeko Nyingwashe Quza Quzini Qwiliqwili Rabe Rawini Sandla Silositsha Skafu Sobotini Stanhope Stutterheim Trust Tshoxa Tsomo Tyelimdaka Upper Gxulu Upper Mnyameni Upper Ngqolosa Wartburg Xolobe Zanyokwe Zingcuka Zwelitsha

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	122,778
Young (0-14)	31,3%
Working Age (15-64)	60,1%
Elderly (65+)	8,6%
Dependency ratio	66,5
Sex ratio	91,4
Growth rate	-1,16% (2001-2011)
Population density	25 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	36,1%
Youth unemployment rate	47,1%
No schooling aged 20+	10%
Higher education aged 20+	4,7%
Matric aged 20+	13,6%
Number of households	34,159
Number of Agricultural households	15,581
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	48,8%
Formal dwellings	58,6%
Housing owned/paying off	71,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	18,7%
Weekly refuse removal	20,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	15,6%
Electricity for lighting	82,4%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	137,904
Young (0-14)	34,3%
Working Age (15-64)	60,1%
Elderly (65+)	7,8%
Dependency ratio	72,6%
Sex ratio	90
Growth rate	0,21% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	61,2%
Youth unemployment rate	73,4%
No schooling aged 20+	20,3%
Higher education aged 20+	4,2%
Matric aged 20+	9,6%
Number of households	34,077
Average household size	4
Female headed households	48,8%
Formal dwellings	40,2%
Housing owned/paying off	49,4%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	15,8%
Weekly refuse removal	16,6%
Piped water inside dwelling	8,4%
Electricity for lighting	67,2%

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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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