333 QUALITY CONTROL MANUAL Provincial Report Matabeleland South Central Census Office P.O. Box Cy342 Causeway Harare Tel : (263-04) 793971/2 or 794756 Fax: (263-04) 794757 E-mail: [email protected] ZIMBABWE POPULATION CENSUS 2012 Population Census Office P.O. Box CY342 Causeway Harare Tel: 04-793971-2 04-794756 E-mail: [email protected] MatabelelandSouthProvince CENSUS RESULTS AT A GLANCE Male Population 326 697 Female Population 356 926 Total Population 683 893 Average Size of Household (No. of Households) 4.4 MatabelelandSouthProvince 1 MatabelelandSouthProvince Table of Contents Table of Contents........................................................................................................................1 List of Tables..............................................................................................................................2 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................7 Executive Summary....................................................................................................................8 Matabeleland South Fact Sheet (Final Results)..........................................................................12 Chapter 1:.................................................................................................................................14 Population Size and Structure ................................................................................................14 Chapter 2:.................................................................................................................................24 Population Distribution and Migration...................................................................................24 Chapter 3:.................................................................................................................................30 Household Characteristics......................................................................................................30 Chapter 4:.................................................................................................................................45 Education ..............................................................................................................................45 Chapter 5:.................................................................................................................................68 Activity and Labour Force .....................................................................................................68 Chapter 6:.................................................................................................................................94 Fertility..................................................................................................................................94 Chapter 7:...............................................................................................................................101 Mortality and Orphanhood...................................................................................................101 Chapter 8:...............................................................................................................................107 Housing Characteristics .......................................................................................................107 APPENDICES........................................................................................................................116 Notations - Magnitude zero * (percent) insignificant value NS Not Stated 1 MatabelelandSouthProvince List of Tables Table 1.1: Percent Distribution of Population by District and Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................................................................................17 Table 1.2: Crude Birth and Death Rate and Rate of Natural Increase by District, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census...................................................................................17 Table 1.3: Percent Composition of Population by Age Group and Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ............................................................................................18 Table 1.4: Percent Distribution of the Population by District and Marital Status, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census...................................................................................18 Table 1.5: Percent Distribution of the Male Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................19 Table 1.6: Percent Distribution of the Female Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................20 Table 1.7: Percent Distribution of the Total Population by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................21 Table 1.8: Distribution of Total Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census...................................................................................22 Table 1.9: Distribution of the Urban Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................22 Table 1.10: Percent Distribution of the Rural Population by Broad Age Groups and Ethnicity, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................22 Table 1.11: Distribution of the Total Population by Citizenship, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census............................................................................................................23 Table 2.1: Distribution of Population by District, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................................................................................................27 Table 2.2: Distribution of the Population for Rural and Urban Districts, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ............................................................................................27 Table 2.3: Population in Urban Centers by District, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census .............................................................................................................................27 Table 2.4: Total Population by District of Enumeration and District of Usual Residence, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................28 Table 2.5: Population Not Usually Residing in Mashonaland West Province by Province of Usual Residence and District of Enumeration, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ......................................................................................................................................29 Table 3.1: Population in Private Households by Number of Households and Average Household Size and District, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census .................................32 Table 3.2: Distribution of Private Households by Size and Sex of Head of Household Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................32 Table 3.3: Distribution of private Households by Size and Sex of head of household Matabeleland South ..................................................................................................................33 2 MatabelelandSouthProvince Table 3.4 Distribution of Heads of Private Households by Age Group and Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census...................................................................................36 Table 3.5 Distribution of Heads of Private Households by District, Age Group and Sex Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................37 Table 3.6: Percent Distribution of Population in Collective Households by Age Group and Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................42 Table 3.7: Distribution of Population in Collective Households by Age Group and Marital Status, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................42 Table 3.8: Population in Private Households by Urban/Rural, Relationship to Head of Household and Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ..............................................43 Table 4.1: Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 by School Attendance and by Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.............................................................48 Table 4.2: Percent Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 years who never attended school by Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census.....................................................49 Table 4.3: Percent Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 who never attended school by District and Sex, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe 2012 Census ..............................................50 Table 4.4: Percent Distribution of the Population Age 3-24 who never attended school by Sex