Zimbabwe Provincial Report Matabeleland North Matabeleland North Province ZIMBABWE POPULATION CENSUS 2012 Population Census Office P.O. Box CY342 Causeway Harare Tel: 04-793971-2 04-794756 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Matabeleland North Province Census Results at a Glance Male Population: 360 776 Female Population: 388 241 Total Population: 749 017 Average Size of Household: 4.5 2 Matabeleland North Province 3 Matabeleland North Province 4 Matabeleland North Province Table of Contents Census Results at a Glance.................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents.................................................................................................................. 5 List of Tables........................................................................................................................ 6 List of Figures..................................................................................................................... 12 Foreword ............................................................................................................................ 13 Executive Summary............................................................................................................ 14 Matabeleland North Province Fact Sheet (Final Results)..................................................... 17 Chapter 1:........................................................................................................................... 18 Population Size and Structure .......................................................................................... 18 Chapter 2:........................................................................................................................... 28 Population Distribution and Migration............................................................................. 28 Chapter 3:........................................................................................................................... 38 Household Characteristics................................................................................................ 38 Chapter 4:........................................................................................................................... 53 Education ........................................................................................................................ 53 Chapter 5:........................................................................................................................... 78 Activity and Labour Force............................................................................................... 78 Chapter 6:..........................................................................................................................113 Fertility...........................................................................................................................113 Chapter 7:..........................................................................................................................127 Mortality and Orphanhood..............................................................................................127 Chapter 8:..........................................................................................................................131 Housing Characteristics ..................................................................................................131 APPENDICES...................................................................................................................142 Notations * Insignificant Value - Magnitude zero NS - Not Stated 5 List of Tables Table 1.1: Percent Distribution of Population by District and Sex, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................... 21 Table 1.2: Crude Birth and Death Rate and Rate of Natural Increase by District, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................................................. 21 Table 1.3: Percent Composition of Population by Age Group and Sex, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................... 22 Table 1.4: Percent Distribution of the Population by District and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................................................. 22 Table 1.5a: Percent Distribution of the Male Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census...................................................... 23 Table 1.5b: Percent Distribution of the Male Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census...................................................... 23 Table 1.6a: Percent Distribution of the Female Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 24 Table 1.6b: Percent Distribution of the Female Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 24 Table 1.7a: Percent Distribution of the Total Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 25 Table 1.7b: Percent Distribution of the Total Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 25 Table 1.8: Distribution of Total Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 26 Table 1.9: Distribution of the Urban Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 26 Table 1.10: Percent Distribution of the Rural Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 26 Table 1.11: Distribution of the Total Population by Citizenship, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................... 27 Table 2.1: Distribution of Population by District, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ....................................................................................................................... 31 Table 2.2: Distribution of the Population for Rural and Urban Districts, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................... 31 Table 2.3: Population in Urban Centres by District, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ....................................................................................................................... 31 Table 2.4: Total Population by District of Enumeration and District of Usual Residence, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 32 Table 2.5: Population Not Usually Residing in Matabeleland North Province by Province of Usual Residence and District of Enumeration, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ................................................................................................................................ 37 Matabeleland North Province Table 3.1: Population in Private Households by Number of Households and Average Household Size and District, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census......... 40 Table 3.2(a): Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 40 Table 3.2(b): Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 41 Table 3.3: Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household and by District Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................... 41 Table 3.4 Distribution of Heads of Private Households by Age Group and Sex, .................. 46 Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 46 Table 3.5 Distribution of Heads of Private Households by District, Age Group and Sex Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................................................... 46 Table 3.6: Percent Distribution of Population in Collective Households by Age Group and Sex, Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ............................................... 51 Table 3.7: Distribution of Population in Collective Households by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ........................................... 51 Table 3.8: Population in Private Households by urban/Rural, Relationship to Head of Household and Sex, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census....................... 52 Table 4.1: Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 by School Attendance and by Sex, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census......................................................