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1.2.1 POPULATION FIGURES FOR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IN THE WATERBERG DISTRICT MUNICIPAL AREA.
| LOCAL MUNICIPALITY |
ESTIMATED POPULATION |
NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS |
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD |
% OF DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY |
| Thabazimbi |
63 883 |
20 280 |
3.2 |
10.40 |
| Bela Bela |
52 122 |
12 279 |
4.2 |
8.48 |
| Lephalale |
96 074 |
23 401 |
4.1 |
15.64 |
| Modimolle |
72 797 |
17 536 |
4.2 |
11.85 |
| Mogalakwena |
298 419 |
68 010 |
4.4 |
48.58 |
| Mookgophong |
30 746 |
6 977 |
4.4 |
5.05 |
| TOTAL |
614 041 |
148 483 |
4.1 |
100 |
Source SSA 2001 Census
1.2.2 POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR THABAZIMBI MUNICIPALITY.
| Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Population projections |
63 883 |
65 161 |
66 464 |
67 793 |
69 149 |
70 532 |
The population projections have been worked on 2% growth rate per year, which
will however be updated as new information becomes available from different
sources.
1.2.3 POPULATION CATEGORY PER AGE AND GENDER DISTRIBUTION
| AGE GROUP |
MALE |
FEMALE |
| 0-4 |
3286 |
3442 |
| 5-9 |
2635 |
2609 |
| 10-14 |
2383 |
2254 |
| 15-19 |
2343 |
2456 |
| 20-24 |
2867 |
2940 |
| 25-29 |
3256 |
3481 |
| 30-34 |
3269 |
3215 |
| 35-39 |
3634 |
2962 |
| 40-44 |
3643 |
2238 |
| 45-49 |
2462 |
1577 |
| 50-54 |
1724 |
927 |
| 55-59 |
1014 |
644 |
| 60-64 |
672 |
444 |
| 65-69 |
385 |
252 |
| 70-74 |
234 |
191 |
| 75-79 |
123 |
114 |
| 80-84 |
60 |
73 |
| 85+ |
47 |
62 |
| TOTAL |
34037 |
29881 |
The table shows that Thabazimbi Municipal area has more males than females and
this can mainly be ascribed to the presence of Mines in the area.
The majority of People are between the ages of 1- 49.
The table further shows a remarkable decline of people as from the age of
50- 85+ years. The above population distribution is based on 2001 stats.
Table 4
| HOUSEHOLD SIZE |
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS |
| 1 |
6894 |
| 2 |
4976 |
| 3 |
2954 |
| 4 |
2210 |
| 5 |
1451 |
| 6 |
826 |
| 7 |
417 |
| 8 |
234 |
| 9 |
121 |
| 10 |
197 |
Source SSA 2001 Census
Table above indicates the overall household size for
the Municipality. The table shows that large number of people stay alone within
the Municipal area.
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