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UDM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard Flat in block of flats Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex; duplex; triplex) House/flat/room in back yard Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials Room/flatlet not in back yard but on shared property Caravan or tent Private ship/boat Informal Housing is classified as (Statistics South Africa, 2001): Informal dwelling/shack in back yard Informal dwelling/shack not in back yard Table 9: Percentage distribution of households by type of main dwelling (Statistics South Africa, 2007) Type of dwelling Census 2001 Community Survey 2007 House on separate stand 27.3 49.4 Traditional dwelling 50.6 41 Flat in block of flats 13.1 2.4 Townhouse/cluster 0.7 0.7 Room in back yard 3.2 1.3 Informal dwelling in back yard 1.4 1 not in back yard 2.4 1.7 Room on shared property 0.7 0.9 Caravan / tent 0.5 0.1 Private ship/boat - 0.1 Worker's hostel - 1.1 Other - 0.2 Total 100 100 There have been changes in formal and traditional dwelling types in UDM between 2001 and 2007. There has been an 81 percent rise in the number of houses on a separate stand. Half of this change comes from an 80 percent decline in persons living in flats. The other part of this change comes from a decline in traditional dwelling by almost 10 percent. Half the UDM population live in some form of informal dwelling. WATER SUPPLY Access to water is not only an indicator into the standard of living but also the level of health. Inadequate access to water contributes to disease and sickness thus increasing the populations vulnerability to disease and reducing productivity. Socio-Economic Assessment Page 34
UDM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK The un-shaded columns in Table 10 below indicate the percentage distribution of household water supply per local municipality as well as the DMA, using Community Survey 2007 data. The last two shaded columns show the percentage distribution of household water supply in the uMkhanyakude District for 2007 and 2001. Table 10: Percentage distribution of households by water source (Statistics South Africa, 2007) Access to water Piped water DMA 27 KZN 271 Community Survey 2007 KZN 272 KZN 273 KZN 274 KZN 275 UDM Census 2001 inside dwelling 5 10 16 21 8 35 14.4 4.3 inside yard 8 19 15 9 14 37 17.1 11.4 From access point outside the yard UDM 22 19 29 8 37 21 26.5 26.8 Borehole 33 25 11 10 4 3 12.2 13.5 Spring 4 7 5 2 2 0 4.1 6.2 Dam/pool 3 4 5 19 6 0 5.3 6.5 River/stream 20 11 16 13 27 1 16.2 24.9 Water vendor 4 2 0 2 2 1 1.4 1.2 Rain water tank 1 2 1 15 1 0 2.1 1.6 Other 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.7 3.6 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 The data shows 65 percent of the DMA 27 households do not access piped water, thus making use of borehole water or accessing water from a river or stream. In the Big Five False Bay KZ273 a low 38 percent of households have access to piped water is compared to 93 percent of the Mtubatuba KZ275 (population accessing piped water. Overall around 60 percent of the households receive water through a formal water supply. This is line with the Free Basic Water Policy. The remaining 40 percent of households access water through a river/stream, or from a borehole which is below the Free Basic Water level. There has been a noticeable increase in inside dwelling access to piped water from 4.3 percent in 2001 to 14.4 percent in 2007. This is reflected in the decline of river/stream access to water from 24.9 percent to 16.2 percent, though it is the still the third highest source of water. SANITATION Sanitation is a measure of municipal service provision as well as an indication of the health status of the area. Socio-Economic Assessment Page 35
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