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Bitou

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According to Census 2011, Bitou Local Municipality has a total population of 49 162 people, of whom 45,2% are black African, 31,2% are coloured, and 16,9% are white, with the other population groups making up the remaining 6,7%.

5,22% Growth Rate

Bitou Local Municipality, formerly known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality, forms part of the Eden District Municipality, which is located in the Western Cape province. (www.localgoverment.co.za)

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49,162

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47,818

176

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47,772

177

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47,625

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People

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33,5% Female headed households.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 6,1% have completed primary school, 38,7% have some secondary education, 28,3% have completed matric, and 12,1% have some form of higher education, while 2,4% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	45,2%
Coloured	31,2%
Indian/Asian	0,5%
White	16,9%
Other	6,1%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	42,3%
English	13%
IsiNdebele	0,3%
IsiXhosa	37%
IsiZulu	0,6%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	0,7%
Setswana	0,5%
Sign Language	0,4%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,3%
Other	2.1%
Not Applicable	2,5%

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Group	Percentage
Married	28,9%
Living together like married partners	10,1%
Never married	55,7%
Widower/Widow	2,9%
Separated	0,8%
Divorced	1,7%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	3,2%
Some Primary	41,9%
Completed Primary	7,2%
Some Secondary	31,4%
Completed Secondary	12,7%
Higher Education	1,5%
Not Applicable	2,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	50,2%
Male	49,8%

Living Conditions

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94,0% of households have access to electricity for lighting.

There are 16 645 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 2,8 persons per household.

82,5% of households have access to piped water either in their dwelling or in the yard. Only 1,5% of households do not have access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	89,7%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	10,3%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	87%	13%
Computer	24,2%	75,8%
Television	77,9%	22,1%
Satellite Television	33,9%	66,1%
Radio	65,4%	34,6%
Landline / Telephone	20,3%	79,7%
Motor Car	32,6%	67,4%
Refrigerator	70,4%	29,6%
Electric / Gas-Stove	90,4%	9,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	84,5%	47,3%	94%
Gas	9,6%	4,2%	0,2%
Paraffin	3,1%	10,2%	1,6%
Solar	0,1%	0,3%	0,2%
Candles	0%	0%	3,8%
Wood	2,2%	9%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,5%	28,7%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	14,2%
From Cellphone	14,4%
From Work	4,3%
From Elsewhere	6,1%
No Access	60,9%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	30%
Owned and fully paid off	35,8%
Owned but not yet paid off	10,1%
Occupied rent free	19%
Other	5%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	87,2%
Borehole	4,9%
Spring	0,5%
Rain water tank	3,5%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	1,9%
River/Stream	1%
Water vendor	0,1%
Water tanker	0,5%
Other	0,5%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,5%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	75,6%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	8,4%
Chemical toilet	0,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	3,6%
Pit toilet without ventilation	8,1%
Bucket toilet	0,8%
Other	0,9%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	87,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	4,7%
Own refuse dump	4,3%
No rubbish disposal	1,1%
Other	1,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	87,7%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,8%
Communal refuse dump	4,7%
Own refuse dump	4,3%
No rubbish disposal	1,1%
Other	1,3%

Economy

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37,9% Youth unemployment rate.

23 599 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these,30,1% are unemployed.

Of the 11 929 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, 37,9% are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	16493
Unemployed	7106
Discouraged Work Seeker	1493
Not Economically Active	8555

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Income	Percentage
None income	18,1%
R1 - R4,800	4,4%
R4,801 - R9,600	5,5%
R9,601 - R19,600	16,4%
R19,601 - R38,200	19,7%
R38,201 - R76,4000	13,8%
R76,401 - R153,800	9%
R153,801 - R307,600	6,7%
R307,601 - R614,400	4%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,5%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,5%
R2,457,601+	0,4%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	360
Poultry production	362
Vegetable production	974
Production of other crops	201
Other	397

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	854
Animals only	360
Mixed farming	245
Other	146

**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	290
R1-R4 800	40
R4 801-R38 400	609
R38 401-R307 200	478
R307 201+	117
Unspecified	71

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Place names

Places in Bitou Municipality
Bitou NU Bosluiskop Bossiesgerf Keurboomstrand Kranshoek Kurland Kwanokuthula Nature's Valley New Horizons Plettenberg Bay Wittedrift

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	49,162
Young (0-14)	25,2%
Working Age (15-64)	68,4%
Elderly (65+)	6,4%
Dependency ratio	46,1
Sex ratio	99,1
Growth rate	5,22% (2001-2011)
Population density	50 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	30,1%
Youth unemployment rate	37,9%
No schooling aged 20+	2,4%
Higher education aged 20+	12,1%
Matric aged 20+	28,2%
Number of households	16,645
Number of Agricultural households	1,605
Average household size	2,8
Female headed households	33,5%
Formal dwellings	72,2%
Housing owned/paying off	45,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	75,6%
Weekly refuse removal	87,7%
Piped water inside dwelling	58,5%
Electricity for lighting	94%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	29,182
Young (0-14)	26%
Working Age (15-64)	68,4%
Elderly (65+)	5,8%
Dependency ratio	46,6%
Sex ratio	96,7
Growth rate	9,19% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	26,3%
Youth unemployment rate	33,4%
No schooling aged 20+	7,3%
Higher education aged 20+	11,4%
Matric aged 20+	24,5%
Number of households	8,763
Average household size	3,2
Female headed households	32,7%
Formal dwellings	79,8%
Housing owned/paying off	58,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	71%
Weekly refuse removal	86,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	47%
Electricity for lighting	80,7%

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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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