Mashonaland East Province Zimbabwe Provincial Report Mashonaland East Mashonaland East Province ZIMBABWE POPULATION CENSUS 2012 Population Census Office P.O. Box CY342 Causeway Harare Tel: 04-793971-2 04-794756 E-mail: [email protected] Mashonaland East Province CENSUS RESULTS AT A GLANCE Male Population : 651 781 Female Population : 693 174 Total Population : 1 344 955 Average rate of Natural Increase: : 2.3 Average Size of Household (No. of Households) : 4.1 Mashonaland East Province Mashonaland East Province Mashonaland East Province Table of Contents Table of Contents...............................................................................................................................1 Foreword............................................................................................................................................7 Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................................8 Mashonaland East Fact Sheet (Final Results) ..................................................................................11 Population Size ................................................................................................................................11 Chapter 1: ........................................................................................................................................12 Population Size and Structure .......................................................................................................12 Chapter 2: ........................................................................................................................................22 Population Distribution and Migration ..........................................................................................22 Chapter 3: ........................................................................................................................................28 Household Characteristics.............................................................................................................28 Chapter 4: ........................................................................................................................................44 Education......................................................................................................................................44 Chapter 5: ........................................................................................................................................68 Activity and Labour Force ............................................................................................................68 Chapter 6: ......................................................................................................................................107 Fertility.......................................................................................................................................107 Chapter 7: ......................................................................................................................................115 Mortality and Orphanhood ..........................................................................................................115 Chapter 8: ......................................................................................................................................121 Housing Characteristics ..............................................................................................................121 Notations - : Magnitude Zero *: Insignificant Value NS : Not stated 1 Mashonaland East Province List of Tables Table 1.1: Percent Distribution of Population by District and Sex, ...................................... 15 Table 1.3: Percent Composition of Population by Age Group and Sex, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................... 16 Table 1.4: Percent Distribution of the Population by District and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................................................... 16 Table 1.5a: Percent Distribution of the Male Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 17 Table 1.5b: Percent Distribution of the Male Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 17 Table 1.6a: Percent Distribution of the Female Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 18 Table 1.6b: Percent Distribution of the Female Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 18 Table 1.7a: Percent Distribution of the Total Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 19 Table 1.7b: Percent Distribution of the Total Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 19 Table 1.8: Distribution of Total Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 20 Table 1.10: Percent Distribution of the Rural Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 21 Table 1.11: Distribution of the Total Population by Citizenship, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................................... 21 Table 2.1: Distribution of Population by District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ....................................................................................................................... 25 Table 2.2: Distribution of the Population for Rural and Urban Districts, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ...................................................................................... 25 Table 2.3: Population in Urban Centres by District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ....................................................................................................................... 26 Table 2.4: Total Population by District of Enumeration and District of Usual Residence, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 26 Table 2.5: Population Not Usually Residing in Mashonaland East Province by Province of Usual Residence and District of Enumeration, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ................................................................................................................................ 27 Table 3.1: Population in Private Households by Number of Households and Average Household Size and District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............ 30 2 Mashonaland East Province Table 3.2(a): Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 30 Table 3.2(b): Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 31 Table 3.3: Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household and by District Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................ 31 Table 3.4 Distribution of Heads of Private Households by Age Group and Sex, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................................................... 35 Table 3.5 Distribution of Heads of Private Households by District, Age Group and Sex Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 36 Table 3.6: Percent Distribution of Population in Collective Households by Age Group and Sex, Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.................................................. 42 Table 3.7: Distribution of Population in Collective Households by Age Group and Marital Status, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................. 42 Table 4.1: Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 by School Attendance and by Sex, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................... 47 Table 4.2: Percent Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 who never attended school by Sex, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.................................................. 48 Table 4.3: Percent Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 who never attended school by District and Sex, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census .............................. 49 Table 4.4: Percent Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 who never attended school by Sex and District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ..................................... 59 Table 4.5: Percent Distribution of Population ever been to school by