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'Drakenstein Municipality' is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population is 194,419. Its municipality code is WC023.

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Government

Geography

Adjacent municipalities

Demographics

Cities and towns

Government

The newly formed DA/ID coalition nominated Koos Louw from the DA on April 19th, 2007, to become mayor of the Drakenstein Local Municipality. Wilhelm Nothnagel, from the ID, is set to retain the deputy mayor's position while Billy Ross, also from the ID, will take over the speaker's position.
Drakenstein is divided into thirty one wards, with a total of sixty one councillors.

Geography

The municipality has a total area of 1,538 km².
The Drakenstein Municapilty consists of the towns Paarl, Wellington and Saron (including Gouda and Hermon.)

Adjacent municipalities

★ Bergrivier Municipality, Western Cape (north)

★ Witzenberg Municipality, Western Cape (northeast)

★ Breede Valley Municipality, Western Cape (east)

★ Stellenbosch Municipality, Western Cape (south)

★ City of Cape Town, Western Cape (west)

★ Swartland Municipality, Western Cape (west)

Demographics

As of the census of 2001, there are 194,419 people and 44,409 households residing in the municipality. The population density is 126.41/km². The density of households is 28.87/km². The racial makeup of the municipality is Black African 21.35%, Coloured 63.76%, Indian/Asian 0.30%, and White 14.58%.
11.4% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 4.38.
In the municipality the population is spread out with 28.5% under the age of 15, 19.7% from 15 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 26 years. For every 100 females there are 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.2 males.
In the municipality 76.7% of residents speak Afrikaans at home, 3.4% speak English, 0.0% speak Ndebele, 18.9% speak Xhosa, 0.0% speak Zulu, 0.0% speak Northern Sotho, 0.6% speak Sotho, 0.0% speak Tswana, 0.0% speak Swati, 0.0% speak Venda, and 0.0% speak Tsonga. 0.2% of the population speaks a non-official language at home.
90.5% of residents are Christian, 5.8% have no religion, 1.8% are Muslim, 0.0% are Jewish, and 0.0% are Hindu. 1.9% have other or undetermined beliefs.
6.4% of residents aged 20 and over have received no schooling, 19.3% have had some primary school, 9.1% have completed only primary school, 35.1% have had some high school education, 20.9% have finished only high school, and 9.2% have an education higher than the high school level. Overall, 30.1% of residents have completed high school.
57.7% of housing units have a telephone and/or cell-phone in the dwelling, 39.2% have access to a phone nearby, and 3.1% have access that is not nearby or no access. 88.7% of households have a flush or chemical toilet. 78.1% have refuse removed by the municipality at least once a week and 1.7% have no rubbish disposal. 65.9% have running water inside their dwelling, 86.9% have running water on their property, and 97.9% have access to running water. 78.9% of households use electricity for cooking, 75.2% for heating, and 86.8% for lighting. 76.7% of households have a radio, 74.8% have a television, 13.6% own a computer, 74.0% have a refrigerator, and 36.2% have a cell-phone.
14.7% of the population aged 15-65 is unemployed. Of the unemployed persons, 48.7% are Black African, 49.0% are Coloured, 0.2% are Indian/Asian, and 2.2% are White. 32.5% of Black Africans are unemployed, 11.5% of Coloureds, 10.1% of Indians/Asians, and 2.1% of Whites.
The median annual income of working adults aged 15-65 is R 15 553 ($2,298). Males have a median annual income of R 17 722 ($2,622) versus R 12 254 ($1,813) for females. The median annual income by race is R 10 851 ($1,606) for Black Africans, R 13 352 ($1,976) for Coloureds, R 29 325 ($4,339) for Indians/Asians, and R 60 313 ($8,925) for Whites. The annual income distribution in Drakenstein Municipality is:

★ No income 2.0%

★ R 12 – R 4 800 ($2 - $721) 6.1%

★ R 4 812 – R 9 600 ($723 - $1,443) 26.1%

★ R 9 612 – R 19 200 ($1,445 – $2,886) 25.5%

★ R 19 212 – R 38 400 ($2,888 - $5,772) 18.7%

★ R 38 412 – R 76 800 ($5,774 - $11,543) 12.3%

★ R 76 812 – R 153 600 ($11,545 - $23,087) 6.2%

★ R 153 612 – R 307 200 ($23,089 - $46,174) 2.1%

★ R 307 212 – R 614 400 ($46,176 - $92,348) 0.6%

★ R 614 412 or more ($92,350+) 0.5%
Statistics South Africa Census 2001

Cities and towns

★ Amstelhof

★ Berg-En-Dal

★ Charlston Hill

★ Chicago

★ Courtrai

★ Dal Josafat Forest Reserve

★ Dal Josafat Industrial

★ Dalvale

★ De Zoete Inval

★ Denneburg

★ Dennenburg

★ Drommedaris

★ Fairyland

★ Gouda

★ Groenheuwel

★ Groenvlei

★ Hillcrest

★ Huguenot

★ Kingston Town

★ Klein Nederburg

★ Klein Parys

★ Langvlei

★ Lemoenkloof

★ Mbekweni

★ Milky town

★ New Orleans

★ Northern Paarl

★ Paarl

★ Paarl Central East

★ Paarl Central West

★ Paarl East

★ Paarlberg Nature Reserve

★ Saron

★ Smartie town

★ Suider Paarl

★ Van Wyks Vlei

★ Victor Verster

★ Vrykyk

★ Wellington

★ Wellington Central

★ Wellington North

★ Wellington Open Space