Nkomazi Local Municipality 20 - Co-operative Governance and ...

Figure 5__Nkomazi Local municipality Age Population75-7960-6445-4930-3415-190-40 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 40 000 45 000 50 0008010- 15- 20- 25- 30- 35- 40- 45- 50- 55- 60- 65- 70- 75-0-4 5-9and14 19 24 29 34 39 44 49 54 59 64 69 74 79overPercentages 11.5214.0413.3813.5410.227.79% 6.27% 5.77% 4.04% 3.03% 2.67% 1.78% 1.40% 1.81% 99.000.87% 0.89%Nkomazi 38 95 47 45 45 23 45 76 34 55 26 32 21 21 19 52 13 66 10 23 9 012 6 034 4 717 6 110 3 352 2 931 3 012Source: Statistic SA CS 2007From the above, it is clear that the highest number of the population exists between the ages 5 and 19. This can be attributedto the fact that most of these people are still within the schooling age and are bound to live within the area as they attendschool within the Municipal area. A sharp decline is observed in ages beyond 20. It can be concluded that this is caused by abigger number of the population going out of the Municipal area to further their studies or in search of work as they are readyto tap into the labour market.7.4.2. Average Household SizeFigure 6__Population, Average Household and Average Household Size350 000300 000250 000200 000150 000100 00050 0000334 420 338 095PopulationCensus 2001PopulationCS 200771 772 78 254HouseholdsCensus 2001HouseholdsCS 20074.66 4.32Averagehouseholdsize Census2001Averagehouseholdsize CS 2007Source: Statistic SA CS 2007A slight population growth can be observed from above. A difference of about 3 500 to 4000 people in a period of over 6 yearsis noticed. This can be caused by a number of reasons ranging from a decline in birth rate to an increase in mortality rate.Further it can be attributed to a high number leaving the Municipal area due to economic reasons.NKLM Integrated Development Plan 2012_2013 25