Socio-Economic & Demographic Profile:
Chris Hani District Municipality

Background:

The Chris Hani District is a land-locked district situated in the center of the Eastern Cape hinterland, between the Eastern Cape coastline and the Drakensberg mountains. the district incorporates both former CPA areas of the Karoo in the west, as well as former Transkei areas in the east, making for a district of varied physical conditions.

Chris Hani district incorporates, the former towns such as; Cradock and Middelburg (Inxuba Yethemba), Hofmeyer, Tarkastad and Sterkstroom (Tsolwana), Molteno, (Inkwanca), Queenstown and Whittlesea (Lukanji), Cofimvaba and Tsomo (Intsika Yethu), Lady Frere. Indwe, and Wodehouse (Emalahleni), Engcobo and Elliot and Cala (Sakhisizwe).

The population density of Chris Hani is 22 people per square kilometer. Intsika Yethu has the highest number of people in this district followed by Lukanji. Tsolwana has the lowest number of population.

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The Chris Hani district is comparatively poor district in terms of poverty measures such as HDI (0.49), poverty gap (425 million) and number of people living in poverty (75.4%).

The population is predominantly African (94.1%). The coloured population makes 3.9% of the population.

The Chris Hani district, like most other districts shows a significant child dependency. About 39% of population are below 15 years of age. More than half of the population is below 20 years. This is an indication of economic under development of this district.

Women outnumber men in the Ukhahlamba district municipality.:46% of the population are males and 54% are females.

Population Pyramid:

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Area Information:

Square km – 37,111
Total Population - 810,300
Male – 374,548 (46.2%)
Female – 435,752 (53.8%)
Africans - 762,314 (94.1)
Coloured – 31,546 (3.9%)
Indian - 517 (0.1%)
White – 15,923 (2.0%)
0-4 Years - 81,374 (10.0%)
0-9 Years - 190,369 (23.5%)
0-14 years – 314,904 (38.9%)
0-19 Years – 425,848 (52.6%)
15-34 Years – 252,154 (31.1%)
35-59 Years - 156,803 (19.4%)
Females 60+ - 54,840
Males 65+ - 21,520
Number of disabled(Estimate) – 61,956 (7.6%)
Human Development Index (HDI) – 0.49
Persons in poverty - 75.4%
Poverty Gap – R461 million
Literacy rate – 47.1%
HIV/AID Prevalence – N/A
Prominent occupation – Elementary (33.1%)
Biggest Employer – Public/Govt Sector (32.5%)
Unemployment rate – 58.9%
Not economically active – 62.1%
Number of households – 187,515
Annual Household Income 0-R6000 – 59%
Annual Household Income 0-R18000 – 85%
Annual Household Income 0-R42000 – 94%

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