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Dikgatlong

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Estimated population of 46 841 - Census 2011.

2,02% Growth rate

Dikgatlong Local Municipality is a Category B municipality in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape. It has seven wards. The municipal areas are Barkly-West, Windsorton, Delportshoop and a portion of the former Diamantveld District Council.

The head office of the municipality is situated in the town of Barkly West that is approximately 35 km north-west of the city of Kimberley on the northern bank of the Vaal River. Barkly West is situated on the Kimberley-Postmasburg growth corridor. The municipal area covers approximately 7 315 km² and borders with the Magareng Municipality in the north-east and Sol Plaatje in the south-east. Agriculture and mining form the economic basis of the area.

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46,841

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People

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17,7% of those aged 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, Dikgatlong Local Municipality has a population of 46 841, of whom 58,5% are black African, 28,5% are coloured, 3,6% are white, with other population groups making up the remaining 9,4%. Setswana is the most widely spoken language (24 549 people), followed by Afrikaans (18 250 people).

There are 97 males for every 100 females. 63,1% of the population is aged between 15 and 64 years, while 31,7% of the population is younger than 15 years. In 2011, 20,3% of the population aged 20 years and older had attained matric.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	58,5%
Coloured	28,5%
Indian/Asian	0,6%
White	3,6%
Other	8,9%

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

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	39%
English	2,1%
IsiNdebele	1%
IsiXhosa	1,1%
IsiZulu	0,8%
Sepedi	0,2%
Sesotho	1,7%
Setswana	52,4%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0%
Tshivenda	0,1%
Xitsonga	0,1%
Other	0.5%
Not Applicable	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
Married	19,2%
Living together like married partners	11%
Never married	65,4%
Widower/Widow	3,2%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,8%
Some Primary	46,1%
Completed Primary	7,1%
Some Secondary	29,8%
Completed Secondary	11,1%
Higher Education	0,6%
Not Applicable	0,4%

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

Living Conditions

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75,9% use electricity for lighting.

According to Census 2011, Dikgatlong Local Municipality has a total of 11 967 households with an average size of 3,9 persons per household. Households headed by females represent 35,4% of the population. 48% of the population in the district has no income.

Dikgatlong Local Municipality has only 47,1% of residents who own their housing, which is the lowest compared to other local municipalities in the district. In addition, 78,5% of the dwellings are formal dwellings, and 60,0% of these have a flush toilet connected to a sewerage system.

75,9% of the households use electricity for lighting and 30,7% have piped water inside their dwelling, which is also a lower percentage than those of the other local municipalities in the district. The dependency ratio is 58,5.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	88,1%
Tribal/Traditional	3,9%
Farm	8%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	76,2%	23,8%
Computer	9,4%	90,6%
Television	66,5%	33,5%
Satellite Television	14,6%	85,4%
Radio	58,6%	41,4%
Landline / Telephone	5,6%	94,4%
Motor Car	19,3%	80,7%
Refrigerator	58,1%	41,9%
Electric / Gas-Stove	73,3%	26,7%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	70%	55,9%	75,9%
Gas	6%	1,2%	0,4%
Paraffin	13,9%	3,6%	4,5%
Solar	0,2%	0,1%	0,3%
Candles	0%	0%	18,7%
Wood	9,4%	28,6%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,4%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,4%	10,2%	0,3%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	3,2%
From Cellphone	20,2%
From Work	1,4%
From Elsewhere	1,3%
No Access	74%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	10,2%
Owned and fully paid off	44,9%
Owned but not yet paid off	2,2%
Occupied rent free	37,3%
Other	5,4%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	80,3%
Borehole	9,4%
Spring	0,2%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	2,5%
River/Stream	2,4%
Water vendor	1,3%
Water tanker	1,3%
Other	2,5%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	13,7%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	60%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	10%
Chemical toilet	0,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	2,5%
Pit toilet without ventilation	10,6%
Bucket toilet	1,8%
Other	1,2%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	49,6%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	8,2%
Communal refuse dump	0,9%
Own refuse dump	27%
No rubbish disposal	11,8%
Other	2,5%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	49,6%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	8,2%
Communal refuse dump	0,9%
Own refuse dump	27%
No rubbish disposal	11,8%
Other	2,5%

Economy

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39,7% youth unemployment rate.

Livestock, irrigation farming and commercial mining drive the municipality’s economy. The unemployment rate in Dikgatlong is 39,7%, with the youth unemployment rate standing at 49,0%.

The main contributing factor to the low levels of employment in Dikgatlong is the high percentage (86,2%) of the labour force that has not obtained a Grade 12 Senior Certificate and/or higher qualification, resulting in a primarily unskilled labour force.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	7841
Unemployed	5164
Discouraged Work Seeker	2041
Not Economically Active	14510

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Income	Percentage
None income	15,2%
R1 - R4,800	5,2%
R4,801 - R9,600	7,2%
R9,601 - R19,600	24,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,4%
R38,201 - R76,4000	12,7%
R76,401 - R153,800	6,6%
R153,801 - R307,600	3,4%
R307,601 - R614,400	1,5%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,3%
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	833
Poultry production	1,401
Vegetable production	399
Production of other crops	507
Other	511

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

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	505
Animals only	1,599
Mixed farming	280
Other	228

**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	636
R1-R4 800	60
R4 801-R38 400	1,458
R38 401-R307 200	355
R307 201+	52
Unspecified	50

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Place names

Places in Dikgatlong Municipality
Barkly West Delportshoop Dikgatlong NU Gong-Gong Holpan Kutlwano Longlands Mataleng Pniel Estate Sydney on Vaal Tidimalo Ulco Vaal-Gamagara Vaalbos National Park Windsorton

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	46,841
Young (0-14)	31,6%
Working Age (15-64)	63,1%
Elderly (65+)	5,3%
Dependency ratio	58,5
Sex ratio	97
Growth rate	2,02% (2001-2011)
Population density	6 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	39,7%
Youth unemployment rate	49%
No schooling aged 20+	17,7%
Higher education aged 20+	2,7%
Matric aged 20+	20,3%
Number of households	11,967
Number of Agricultural households	2,611
Average household size	3,7
Female headed households	35,4%
Formal dwellings	78,5%
Housing owned/paying off	47,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	60%
Weekly refuse removal	49,6%
Piped water inside dwelling	30,7%
Electricity for lighting	75,9%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	38,262
Young (0-14)	31,7%
Working Age (15-64)	63,1%
Elderly (65+)	5%
Dependency ratio	58,1%
Sex ratio	97,3
Growth rate	-0,65% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	45,3%
Youth unemployment rate	54,8%
No schooling aged 20+	25,4%
Higher education aged 20+	3,6%
Matric aged 20+	11,5%
Number of households	10,224
Average household size	3,6
Female headed households	32,8%
Formal dwellings	73,2%
Housing owned/paying off	60,2%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	32,7%
Weekly refuse removal	55,2%
Piped water inside dwelling	24,3%
Electricity for lighting	61,3%

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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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