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South African Population Results from CS 2016

Source: CS 2016

EC Household Results from CS 2016

2001

Source: CS 2016

Economy

LP

1,9%

MP

-0,2%

KZN

0,8%

EC

0,7%

FS

-0,2%

NW

4,9%

NC

0,9%

WC

1,5%

GP

1,4%

South Africa

1,3%

Which provincial economies

grew in 2015?Annual change: constant prices

Eastern Cape posted 0,7% growth in 2015

Source: GDP Q4 2016

Provincial

contribution to

the national

economy- 2015 -

Eastern Cape was the 4th

largest contributor to the SA economy in 2015

Provincial contribution to the national economy: 2015

Source: GDP Q4 2016

Current prices

25%

23%

20%

17%

18%

33%

25%

23% 27%

Percentage distribution of economic activity within each province (2015)

Government had the largest share of economic activity within the EC Province

Source: GDP Q4 2016

Employment

Employment by Province

Eastern Cape gained 36 000 employed persons between Q4 2015 and Q4 2016

Source: QLFS Q4 2016

Manufacturing

Construction

Trade

Community and social services

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

Employment by Industry with the ECTh

ou

san

ds

Community and Social Services provide the largest number of jobs, between 2008 and 2016 has seen construction overtake manufacturing in total amount of jobs Source: QLFS Q4 2016

Provincial Unemployment rate

EC saw a slight increases between Q3 and Q4 2016 the official unemployment rate to 28,4%


EC has seen an increase in both the official and expanded unemployment rates between Q4 2015 and Q4 2016 of 1%

Unemployment rate by provinceProvincial Unemployment rate


Education Levels of the Employed and Unemployed

68,2% of the unemployed in the EC, have a education level below matric Source: QLFS Q4 2016

Income and Expenditure

138 168

79 152

86 926

90 156

98 529

101 088

103 912

107 561

193 771

222 959

50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 250 000

South Africa

Limpopo

North West

Eastern Cape

Free State

KwaZulu-Natal

Northern Cape

Mpumalanga

Gauteng

Western Cape

Annual income (Rands)

Pro

vin

ceAverage annual household income by province

Source: LCS 2014/15

Households in Western Cape (R163 220) spent more than twice the amount spent by households in Limpopo (R61 011) and North West (R69 192).

WCR163 220

GP

R140 676

Average annual household consumption

expenditure by province

EC

R72,390

NC

R81,258

KZN

73,503

MP

R83,517

LP

R61,011

NW

R69,192

R85,298

FS

Source: LCS 2014/15

70%

70%

55%

54%

54%

54%

49%

43%

42%

12%

10%

23%

25%

28%

24%

32%

33%

38%

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

WC

GP

MP

NW

KZN

FS

NC

LP

EC

Salaries Remittances Pensions Grants Other sources None

Percentage distribution of main source of income by province, 2015

Considerable provincial variations are notable. Western Cape (70,4%) and Gauteng (70,0%) were the only two provinces in which more than two-thirds of households reported salaries as their main sources of income.

Source: General Household Survey 2015

17%

40%

37%

31%

59%60%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

GPWCRSANWMPFSKZNLPECNC

Persons Households

At 40% Eastern Cape has the highest level of households benefiting from Social Grants


Percentage of individuals and households benefitting from Social grants per

province, 2015

Agricultural Households

CS2016 shows that around 14% (2.3M) of all households (16,9M)

in SA are Agricultural households

Source: CS 2016

4879869152

157510 167780

225282242594

386660

East

ern

Cap

e

Kw

aZu

lu-N

atal

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

Northern Cape Western Cape Free State North West Mpumalanga Gauteng Limpopo Eastern Cape KwaZulu-Natal

536225

KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of Agricultural Households in South Africa, however EC has the highest

proportion of Agricultural HHat 27,9%

495042

Source: CS 2016

Number of Agricultural households by province

The number of agricultural households in the country decreased

by 19,1% (550 595) from 2 879 638 in Census 2011 to 2 329 043

in Community Survey 2016

Eastern Cape lost over 101 531 Agricultural HH between 2001

and 2016

Source: CS 2016

Decrease in Agricultural Households

South Africa

-19,1%

LP-2,8%

MP-1,3%

KZN-6,3%

EC-3,5%

FS-1,5%

NW-1,6%

NC-0,2%

WC-0,5%

GP-1,3%

The major contributing provinces to the

decrease are KwaZulu-Natal (-6,3% or

180 781 agricultural households), Eastern

Cape (-3,5% or 101 531) and Limpopo

(-2,8% or 81 834).

Contributing provinces to the decrease

Source: CS 2016

25%

30%

39%

41%

44%

44%

44%

45%

48%

53%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Western Cape

Northern Cape

Limpopo

KwaZulu-Natal

Gauteng

South Africa

North West

Free State

Mpumalanga

Eastern Cape

Over twice as many Agricultural HH in EC conduct agricultural activities with the purpose being main source of

food compared to Western Cape

Agricultural HH main purpose of involvement in agricultural activities: Main

Source of Food

Source: CS 2016

Agricultural HH in the EC engage in a variety of activities

02200

05183

53242

157732

178939

318621

323763

0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000

Industrialcrops

Other

Fruit production

Vegetable production

Grain and foodcrops

Poultry production

Livestock production

Eastern Cape

Number of agricultural households involved in a specific activity

Education

Type of institutionProvince (per cent)

WC EC NC FS KZN NW GP MP LP RSA

Pre-school 4,3 1,8 2,8 2,9 2,4 2,6 4,5 2,7 0,8 2,8

School 84,6 92,7 91,0 85,5 92,0 89,2 78,3 89,4 93,3 88,0

AET 0,4 0,4 0,4 1,1 0,6 1,4 1,0 0,4 0,7 0,7

Literacy classes 0,2 0,1 0,0 0,2 0,0 0,1 0,0 0,1 0,0 0,1

Higher education institutions6,5 2,0 1,9 4,5 2,8 3,6 9,4 3,3 1,6 4,4

TVET 2,1 1,9 2,5 4,2 1,6 1,9 3,8 2,6 2,8 2,5

Other colleges 1,2 0,8 1,0 1,0 0,5 0,7 2,1 1,3 0,7 1,1

Home Schooling 0,4 0,3 0,0 0,4 0,1 0,0 0,1 0,1 0,0 0,1

Other 0,5 0,1 0,5 0,2 0,2 0,6 0,8 0,1 0,1 0,3

Eastern Cape had 2,0% of persons aged 5 years and older who are attending higher educational institutionsbelow the national average of 4,4%


Percentage of persons aged 5 years and older who are attending educational

institutions by province and type of institution attended, 2015

Problems experienced in public school

Province (Per cent)

WC EC NC FS KZN NW GP MP LP SA

Lack of books3,4 2,2 2,7 5,4 5,9 5,4 3,9 7,4 2,5 4,3

Fees too high7,9 2,5 1,8 1,4 4,8 6,8 4,5 6,4 2,7 4,5

Classes too large5,1 3,1 0,4 2,7 3,3 3,9 5,7 4,4 1,1 3,6

Facilities bad4,8 5,0 0,6 5,0 4,5 4,6 2,0 5,2 1,2 3,7

Lack of teachers2,5 7,5 1,4 1,8 1,8 5,4 1,7 1,5 1,1 2,8

Poor teaching3,2 0,7 0,5 1,3 1,3 2,8 2,1 1,0 1,0 1,6

Teachers absent2,6 1,3 0,9 1,4 1,5 1,9 2,2 2,6 0,8 1,7

Teachers striking1,8 0,5 0,0 0,6 1,2 0,7 1,1 1,1 1,6 1,1

Lack of Teachers was the most common problemreported relative to other issues within the EasternCape. Bad facilities was also a concern


Nature of the problems experienced by all learners who attended public schools

per province, 2015

Percentage of learners attending public schools who benefited from the school

nutrition programme, 2010–2015

Almost three-quarters (76,2% ) of learners who attended public schools benefited from school feeding schemes. Learners in Limpopo (94,1%), Eastern Cape (89,2%),Mpumalanga (84,8%) and Northern Cape (84,8%) were the most likely to benefit from this programme

Housing and Service provision

South Africa14.1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Between 2002 and 2015, households living in informal dwellings in South Africa increased slightly from 13,6% to 14,1% with a peak of 16,4% in 2006.


Percentage distribution of households living in informal dwellings, 2002–2015

(SA)

South Africa

14%

LP7%

MP9%

KZN8%

EC7%

FS16%

NW22%

NC12%

WC17%

GP21%

Percentage of households living in informal dwellings, 2015


The Northwest had the highest

percentage of HH that were informal,

EC and LP the lowest

7%

12%13%

22%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

2002 2015

15%

17%

9%

7%

20% 21%

5% 7%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

2002 2015

16%

16%

11%

8%

14%

9%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

2002 2015

WC

Source: GHS Series Volume VIIHousing from a human settlement perspectiveGHS 2015

Percentage distribution of households living in informal dwellings, 2002–2015

by Province

South Africa

6%

LP3,8%

MP6,9%

KZN4,7%

EC5,5%

FS8,0%

NW7,0%

NC13,6%

WC6,4%

GP4,5%

South Africa

LP14,1%

MP14,3%

KZN13,2%

EC13,1%

FS28,0%

NW16,5%

NC17,5%

WC20,5%

GP13,2%

The Eastern Cape Province has expanded the percentage of Households that received the housing subsidy from 5,5% to 13,1%

14%

Percentage of households that received a government housing subsidy, 2002

and 2015

93% 92%90% 89% 88%

86% 84% 83% 82% 82%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

LP NC WC FS MP SA NW GP EC KZN

The percentage of South African households that were connected to the mains electricity supply increased from 77,1% in 2002 to 86% in 2015.


The percentage of households connected to the mains electricity supply by

province

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

WC EC NC FS KZN NW GP MP LP RSA

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

EC has seen consistent declining ratings of quality of electricity supply

The percentage of households in the country that rated electricity supply as ‘good’ increased to 66,5% in 2014 before dropping to 60,2% in 2015.


Rating of the quality of the electricity supply services, 2010 - 2015

WC, 99.2

EC, 74.9

FS, 96.1

KZN, 84.2

NW, 86.1

GP, 97.7

MP, 85.5

LP, 78.8

50%

55%

60%

65%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

100%

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

EC has seen a reversal of the gains made between 2002 and 2013, Which reached 80,5% before declining to 74,9% in 2015


Percentage of households with access to piped or tap water in their dwellings,

off-site or on-site by province, 2002–2015

32.4%

40.2%

40.2%

49.4%

51.1%

51.6%

57.5%

62.0%

76.8%

86.4%

LP

MP

NC

GP

EC

KZN

FS

SA

NW

WC

Quality

LP MP NC GP EC KZN FS SA NW WC

60.9%

59.4%

50.8%

37.8%

26.1%

36.1%

30.7%

25.4%

6.6%

3.1%

Interruptions

LP MP NC GP EC KZN FS SA NW WC

vsAn inverse relationship between the perceived quality of services and the number of interruptions seems to exist.


Percentage of households rating the quality of water services provided by the

municipality as good, and those that reported water interruptions, by province, 2015

WC, 94.6

FS 81.1

GP, 90.9

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2012 2013 2014 2015

EC

EC, 81.7NC

KZN 77.3

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2012 2013 2014 2015

NW, 66.4

MP, 65.8

LP, 53.8

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2012 2013 2014 2015

Percentage of households that have access to RDP standard sanitation per province,

2012–2015

vsNationally, the percentage of households with access to ‘RDP─standard’ sanitation increased from 62,3% in 2002 to 80% in 2015. EC has shown significant improvement between 2012 and 2015

Free State

KwaZulu-Natal

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

Mpumalanga

Western Cape

Gauteng

North West

Limpopo

No bucket toilet system provided by municipality in 2015

Eastern Cape saw a decrease in bucket toilet provision between 2014 and 2015

Source: Non-financial census of municipalities: 2015

Number of consumer units using bucket toilets provided by the municipalities in each

province: 2014 and 2015

South Africa66,2%

LP24,0%

MP41,1%

KZN50,9%

EC45,6%

FS78,2%

NW59,4%

NC71,8%

WC91,2%

GP91,9%


Percentage of households whose refuse is removed by the municipality, 2015

The statistical insights show a variety of areas which

explain the nature and circumstances of the people and the

economy in Eastern Cape

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