Understanding Our People a Journey Through Census
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UNDERSTANDING OUR PEOPLE: A JOURNEY THROUGH CENSUS 2011 IN GAUTENG Acknowledgements : PRESENTATION BY Dr Ros Hirschowitz RENDANI MABILA AND Sharthi Laldaparsad MARCUS SEEPE Table of content 1. Introduction 2. Geographic Information 3. Demographic Information 4. Migration 5. Education 6. Labour Market 7. Income Status 8. Summary 9. References Introduction Ekurhuleni meaning “place of peace” in Xitsonga is a metropolitan municipality situated at the east part of Gauteng x and share boarders with City of Johannesburg ,Sedibeng, City of Tshwane and Nkangala (Mpumalanga ) The metro covers an area of about 2 000km2 and is highly urbanized with a population density of 1 609 people per km2. City of Ekurhuleni is divided into six planning regions namely: v Region A:Germiston v Region B:Thembisa v Region C:Daveyton v Region D:Benoni v Region E:Boksburg v Region F:Katlehong/Thokoza Region A: Germiston Germiston is a city in the East Rand of Gauteng it is also the location of Rand Airport and home to the South African Airways Museum Region B: Thembisa Tembisa is a large township situated to the north of Kempton Park on the East Rand, It was established in 1957 when Africans were resettled from Alexandra and other areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston. Region C: Daveyton Daveyton is a township that borders Etwatwa to the north, springs to the east, Benoni to the south, and Boksburg to the West. The nearest town is Benoni, which is 18 kilometres away. Daveyton is one of the largest townships with many population in South Africa, together with Etwatwa,Herry Gwala and Cloverdene.It was established in 1952 when 151,656 people were moved from Benoni, the old location of Etwatwa. Daveyton is affectionately known by the nickname Vutha or Tuka due to it being the first black township to have access to electricity.Daveyton achieved municipal status in 1983. v Region D: Benoni Benoni is a diverse city. Its focuses more on industry and services, rather than mining, and is used as a service hub for other East Rand towns such as Brakpan, Nigel and Springs v Region E: Boksburg Boksburg is a diversified industrial and mining center with global consumer goods manufactures like Unilever , Tiger Brands and Colgate Palmolive. The following companies have head offices in Boksburg: Macsteel Fraser Alexander EL Bateman v Region F: Katlehong/ Thokoza Katlehong is a township located 35 km east of Johannesburg and south of Germiston between two other townships of Thokoza and Vosloorus next to the N3 highway in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Geographic Information Distribution of the population size and population density of Ekurhuleni by their planning regions (numbers and percentages) Census 2011 POPULATION Population size Area size DENSITY PEOPLE PER Planning region N % km2 SQUARE KM Region A: Germiston 394 253 12.4 246.9 1 565 Region B: Thembisa 687 537 21.6 383.3 1 800 Region C: Daveyton 396 566 12.5 358.0 1 105 Region D: Benoni 233 306 7.3 233.6 985 Region E: Boksburg 496 148 15.6 396.0 1 279 Region F: Katlehong/Thokoza 970 647 30.5 357.4 2 713 EKURHULENI 3 178 457 100.0 1975 1 609 This table illustrate a significant higher number of people in the Region F: Katlehong/ Thokoza while Region D:Benoni is the least populated planning region of Ekurhuleni. Population distribution of Ekurhuleni in its planning regions (percentages) census 2011 35.0 30.5 30.0 25.0 21.6 20.0 15.6 15.0 12.5 12.4 10.0 7.3 5.0 0.0 Region F: Katlehong/ Region B: Thembisa Region E: Boksburg Region C: Deveyton Region A: Germiston Region D: Benoni Thokoza Less than 10 % of Ekurhuleni population was in Region D:Benoni Almost a 1/3 of the population in Ekurhuleni where in Region F: Katlehong/Thokoza Population distribution of Ekurhuleni by planning region Population distribution 0 - 233 306 233 307. - 496 148 496 149 - 687 537 Region B:Thembisa 687 538 - 970 648 Region C:Deveyton Region A:Germiston Region D:Benoni Region F:Katlegong/Tokoza Region E:Boksburg Population density distribution of Ekurhuleni by planning region Population density 985 - 1 105 . 1 106 - 1 279 1 279 - 1 800 1 801 - 2 713 Region B:Thembisa Region C:Deveyton Region A:Germiston Region D:Benoni Region F:Katlegong/Tokoza Region E:Boksburg Percentages and number of people in each type of geographic area in Ekurhuleni and its planning region Tribal or urban area Traditional farm area total Planning Regions N % N % N % N % Region A: Germiston 394251 100,0 0 0,0 0 0,0 394351 100,0 Region B: Thembisa 679440 98,8 0 0,0 8099 1,2 687638 100,0 Region C: Daveyton 388431 97,9 0 0,0 8137 2,1 396666 100,0 Region D: Benoni 233302 100,0 0 0,0 3 0,0 233405 100,0 Region E: Boksburg 496006 100,0 0 0,0 141 0,0 496247 100,0 Region F: Katlehong/Thokoza 968940 99,8 0 0,0 1711 0,2 970751 100,0 Ekurhuleni 3160370 99,4 0 0,0 18091 0,6 3179058 100,0 Percentage of type of dwelling by planning regions of Ekurhuleni 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Region F: Region E: Boksburg Region D: Benoni Region A: Germiston Region B: Thembisa Region C: Daveyton Katlehong/Thokoza caravan/tent-other 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.1 room/backroom 5.5 2.5 3.0 5.4 13.0 2.2 Informal 12.4 15.1 16.8 21.4 14.6 25.2 Traditional 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 Formal 81.3 81.7 79.6 72.0 71.6 71.3 Demographic Is the quantifiable statistics of a given population . Population group distribution in the planning region of Ekurhuleni in numbers and percentage .Census 2011 Population Group(number) Indian and Planning Region Black Africans Coloured Asian White total Region A: Germiston 195 978 30 856 17 193 145 736 389 763 Region B: Thembisa 551 777 5 567 9 932 114 698 681 974 ½ of the population in Region C: Daveyton 350 238 1 717 2 527 40 003 394 485 Region A: Germiston Region D: Benoni 142 295 4 885 22 667 62 114 231 961 were black African Region E: Boksburg 431 701 15 948 3 410 42 608 493 667 Region F: Katlehong/Thokoza 830 763 26 768 12 286 97 190 967 007 Ekurhuleni 2 502 752 85 741 68 015 502 349 3 158 857 1/4 of the population in Population Group(percentage) Region E : Boksburg were Indian and white. Planning Region Black Africans Coloured Asian White total c c c c c Region A: Germiston 50.3 7.9 4.4 37.4 100.0 Region B: Thembisa 80.9 0.8 1.5 16.8 100.0 c c c c c Region C: Daveyton 88.8 0.4 0.6 10.1 100.0 Region D: Benoni 61.3 2.1 9.8 26.8 100.0 Region E: Boksburg 87.4 3.2 0.7 8.6 100.0 Region F: Katlehong/ Thokoza 85.9 2.8 1.3 10.1 100.0 1/10 of the population in Ekurhuleni 79.2 2.7 2.2 15.9 100.0 Region D: Benoni were Indian or Asian The distribution of the population group of each planning region of Ekurhuleni (percentage) Census 2011 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Region F: Region C: Region E: Region B: Region D: Region A: Katlegong/ Ekurhuleni Deveyton Boksburg Thembisa Benoni Germiston Tokoza White 10.1 8.6 10.1 16.8 26.8 37.4 15.9 Indian and Isian 0.6 0.7 1.3 1.5 9.8 4.4 2.2 Coloured 0.4 3.2 2.8 0.8 2.1 7.9 2.7 Black African 88.8 87.4 85.9 80.9 61.3 50.3 79.2 This graph shows a clear picture that Black African dominates tremendously throughout Ekurhuleni, Whites takes about 16% of the population but we also see a higher proportion of Whites in Region A: Germiston at almost 40%. The distribution of the population of in each planning region of Ekurhuleni by sex (numbers and percentages ) Census 2011 Gender (number) 60.0 planning districts Male Female total 50.0 Region A:Germiston 205 603 188 646 394 249 Region B:Thembisa 358 855 328 699 687 554 40.0 Region C:Daveyton 200 708 195 842 396 550 30.0 Region D:Benoni 122 724 110 586 233 310 20.0 Region E:Boksburg 250 905 245 242 496 147 Region F:Katlehong/ 10.0 Thokoza 488 918 481 726 970 644 Ekurhuleni 1 627 713 1 550 741 3 178 454 0.0 Region F: Region A: Region B: Region C: Region E: Katlegong Ekurhuleni Germiston Thembisa Daveyton Boksburg Gender (percentage) / Tokoza planning districts Male Female total male 52.2 52.2 50.6 50.6 50.4 51.2 Region D: Benoni 52.6 47.4 100 female 47.8 47.8 49.4 49.4 49.6 48.8 Region A: Germiston 52.2 47.8 100 Region B: Thembisa 52.2 47.8 100 Region C: Daveyton 50.6 49.4 100 Region E: Boksburg 50.6 49.4 100 Region F: Katlehong/ Thokoza 50.4 49.6 100 Ekurhuleni 51.2 48.8 100 Population distribution of Ekurhuleni within the planning region by sex (percentages) Census 2011 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Region F: Region A: Region B: Region C: Region E: Katlegong/ Ekurhuleni Germiston Thembisa Daveyton Boksburg Tokoza male 52.2 52.2 50.6 50.6 50.4 51.2 female 47.8 47.8 49.4 49.4 49.6 48.8 This graph demonstrate a unique distribution of more males than females in all planning regions of Ekurhuleni.