City of Cape Town – 2011 Census – Ward 084
January 2013
Compiled by Strategic Development Information and GIS Department, City of Cape Town
2011 and 2001 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa
(Based on information available at the time of compilation as released by Statistics South Africa)
Ward Overview, Demographic Profile, Economic Profile, Household Services Profile
Ward Description
Ward 084 includes the areas of Bridgebank, Bridgewater, Carwick, Dorhill, Golden Acre, Golden Hill Ext 1,
Helderrant, Land en Zeezicht, Longdown Estate, Martinette, Morningside, Nature's Valley, Parel Vallei,
Somerset West, Stuart's Hill and World's View
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Ward 084 Overview – 2011 Census
Change 2001 to 2011
Number
%
Population
18 947 25 294
6 347
33.5%
Households
6 905
8 769
1 864
27.0%
Average Household Size
2.74
2.88
Ward 084
2001
2011
In 2011 the population of Ward 084 was 25 294, an increase of 34% since 2001, and the number of
households was 8 769, an increase of 27% since 2001. The average household size has increased from
2.74 to 2.88 in the 10 years.
A household is defined as a group of persons who live together, and provide themselves jointly with food or
other essentials for living, or a single person who lives alone (Statistics South Africa).
The population and household numbers above are to be used and quoted as the official numbers for this
Ward for 2011.
Key results for Ward 084:

The population is predominantly White (68%).

76% of those aged 20 years and older have completed Grade 12 or higher.

94% of the labour force (aged 15 to 64) is employed.

20% of households have a monthly income of R3 200 or less.

97% of households live in formal dwellings.

99% of households have access to piped water in their dwelling or inside their yard.

98% of households have access to a flush toilet connected to the public sewer system.

98% of households have their refuse removed at least once a week.

99% of households use electricity for lighting in their dwelling.
Note: There are small variations in the total population and the number of households in the profile tables
which follow. These occur as Statistics South Africa had to calculate the true population to correct
omissions and double counts in the enumeration process. These variations are not significant.
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Demographic Profile – 2011 Census
Male
Ward 084
Population
Female
Total
Num
%
Num
%
Num
Black African
1 416
5.6%
1 535
6.1%
2 951
11.7%
Coloured
2 185
8.6%
2 300
9.1%
4 485
17.7%
0.4%
206
0.8%
36.7% 17 272
68.3%
Asian
97
0.4%
109
White
7 984
31.6%
9 288
Other
200
0.8%
180
Total
11 882
47.0% 13 412
Male %
0.7%
%
380
1.5%
53.0% 25 294 100.0%
Female %
Age in years
85+
80 - 84
75 - 79
70 - 74
65 - 69
60 - 64
55 - 59
50 - 54
45 - 49
40 - 44
35 - 39
30 - 34
25 - 29
20 - 24
15 - 19
10 - 14
05 - 09
00 - 04
6
5
Ward 084
Age
4
3
2
1 0 1 2
% of Population
Black African
Num
%
3
Coloured
Num
%
4
5
6
Asian
Num
White
%
Num
Other
%
Num
Total
%
Num
%
0 to 4 years
232
7.9%
440
9.8%
17
8.3%
842
4.9%
26
6.9%
1 557
6.2%
5 to 14 years
316
10.7%
703
15.7%
31
15.1%
1 662
9.6%
55
14.5%
2 767
10.9%
15 to 24 years
413
14.0%
792
17.7%
29
14.1%
1 607
9.3%
49
12.9%
2 890
11.4%
25 to 64 years
1 559
52.8%
2 265
50.5%
108
52.7%
8 718
50.5%
209
55.1% 12 859
50.8%
430
14.6%
285
6.4%
20
9.8%
4 443
25.7%
10.6%
20.6%
65 years and older
Total
Ward 084
Adult Education
(for all aged 20+)
2 950 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
4 485 100.0%
Coloured
Num
%
205 100.0% 17 272 100.0%
Asian
Num
White
%
Num
40
Other
%
5 218
379 100.0% 25 291 100.0%
Num
Total
%
Num
%
No schooling
35
2.4%
46
1.7%
7
6.1%
19
0.2%
4
1.5%
111
0.7%
Some primary
95
6.6%
326
12.0%
2
1.8%
78
0.6%
4
1.5%
505
3.0%
Completed primary
37
2.6%
212
7.8%
1
0.9%
42
0.3%
7
2.7%
299
1.8%
Some secondary
358
25.0%
1 133
41.7%
21
18.4%
1 301
10.4%
35
13.4%
2 848
16.8%
Grade 12
501
34.9%
672
24.7%
36
31.6%
3 921
31.5%
94
36.0%
5 224
30.8%
Higher
391
27.3%
323
11.9%
45
39.5%
6 840
54.9%
117
44.8%
7 716
45.4%
Other
17
1.2%
4
0.1%
2
1.8%
262
2.1%
0
0.0%
285
1.7%
Total
1 434 100.0%
2 716 100.0%
114 100.0% 12 463 100.0%
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261 100.0% 16 988 100.0%
Economic Profile – 2011 Census
Ward 084
Labour Force Indicators
Black African
Coloured
Asian
White
Other
Total
Population aged 15 to 64 years
1 972
3 057
137
10 326
259
15 751
Labour Force
1 030
892
138
1 864
1 650
214
70
65
5
7 412
7 098
314
170
162
8
10 546
9 867
679
942
50
892
1 193
169
1 024
67
10
57
2 914
58
2 856
89
9
80
5 205
296
4 909
13.40%
45.23%
52.23%
11.48%
53.97%
60.97%
7.14%
47.45%
51.09%
4.24%
68.74%
71.78%
4.71%
62.55%
65.64%
6.44%
62.64%
66.95%
Employed
Unemployed
Not Economically Active
Discouraged Work-seekers
Other not economically active
Rates %
Unemployment rate
Labour absorption rate
Labour Force participation rate
Definitions:
Unemployment rate is the proportion of the labour force that is unemployed.
The labour absorption rate is the proportion of working age (15 to 64 years) population that is employed.
The labour force participation rate is the proportion of the working age population that is either employed or
unemployed.
Ward 084
Monthly Household
Income
No income
R 1 - R 1 600
Black African
Num
%
Coloured
Num
%
Asian
Num
White
%
Num
Other
%
Num
Total
%
Num
%
97
13.8%
185
16.8%
6
13.0%
472
6.9%
19
16.4%
779
8.9%
90
12.8%
172
15.6%
2
4.3%
182
2.7%
14
12.1%
460
5.2%
R 1 601 - R 3 200
124
17.7%
167
15.2%
2
4.3%
242
3.6%
13
11.2%
548
6.3%
R 3 201 - R 6 400
112
16.0%
184
16.7%
7
15.2%
600
8.8%
7
6.0%
910
10.4%
R 6 401 - R 12 800
85
12.1%
179
16.3%
10
21.7%
1 242
18.3%
20
17.2%
1 536
17.5%
R 12 801 - R 25 600
100
14.3%
113
10.3%
4
8.7%
1 557
22.9%
17
14.7%
1 791
20.4%
R 25 601 - R 51 200
64
9.1%
65
5.9%
10
21.7%
1 432
21.0%
22
19.0%
1 593
18.2%
R 51 201 - R 102 400
20
2.9%
21
1.9%
4
8.7%
733
10.8%
2
1.7%
780
8.9%
R 102 401 or more
9
1.3%
14
1.3%
1
2.2%
341
5.0%
2
1.7%
367
4.2%
Unspecified
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
4
0.1%
0
0.0%
4
0.0%
Total
701 100.0%
1 100 100.0%
46 100.0%
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6 805 100.0%
116 100.0%
8 768 100.0%
Household Services Profile – 2011 Census
Ward 084
Type of Dwelling
Formal Dwelling
Black African
Num
%
Coloured
Num
%
Asian
Num
White
%
Num
Other
%
Num
Total
%
Num
%
636
90.9%
997
90.6%
42
93.3%
6 719
98.7%
112
97.4%
8 506
97.0%
Informal dwelling /
shack in backyard
28
4.0%
11
1.0%
0
0.0%
5
0.1%
0
0.0%
44
0.5%
Informal dwelling /
shack NOT in
backyard
23
3.3%
5
0.5%
0
0.0%
9
0.1%
0
0.0%
37
0.4%
Other
13
1.9%
88
8.0%
3
6.7%
76
1.1%
3
2.6%
183
2.1%
Total
Ward 084
Tenure Status
Owned and fully paid
off
Owned but not yet
paid off
Rented
Occupied rent-free
Other
Total
Ward 084
Access to Piped
Water
700 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
1 101 100.0%
Coloured
Num
%
45 100.0%
Asian
Num
Num
%
Num
%
7
15.2%
2 799
41.1%
24
20.9%
3 419
39.0%
94
13.4%
120
10.9%
12
26.1%
1 858
27.3%
34
29.6%
2 118
24.2%
263
37.6%
452
41.1%
26
56.5%
1 942
28.5%
55
47.8%
2 738
31.2%
62
8.9%
131
11.9%
1
2.2%
105
1.5%
0
0.0%
299
3.4%
71
10.1%
19
1.7%
0
0.0%
102
1.5%
2
1.7%
194
2.2%
700 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
1 101 100.0%
Coloured
Num
%
46 100.0%
Asian
Num
90.8%
Piped water inside
yard
38
5.4%
91
8.3%
0
Piped water outside
yard: < 200m
7
1.0%
7
0.6%
Piped water outside
yard: > 200m
4
0.6%
2
No access to piped
water
4
0.6%
1
701 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
%
Num
115 100.0%
Other
%
Num
8 768 100.0%
Total
%
Num
%
6 741
99.0%
99
85.3%
8 534
97.3%
0.0%
29
0.4%
9
7.8%
167
1.9%
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
6
5.2%
23
0.3%
0.2%
0
0.0%
13
0.2%
2
1.7%
21
0.2%
0.1%
0
0.0%
21
0.3%
0
0.0%
26
0.3%
1 101 100.0%
Coloured
Num
6 806 100.0%
White
%
46 100.0%
46 100.0%
Asian
Num
688
98.1%
1 036
94.1%
6
0.9%
25
2.3%
0
Chemical toilet
Pit toilet with
ventilation (VIP)
Pit toilet without
ventilation
Bucket toilet
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
2
0.3%
2
0
0.0%
1
Other
0
None
4
Total
%
34.4%
1 000
Flush toilet (with
septic tank)
Num
Total
379
92.4%
Flush toilet (connected
to sewerage system)
%
Other
8 770 100.0%
30.0%
648
Ward 084
Toilet Facility
White
115 100.0%
210
Piped water inside
dwelling
Total
6 809 100.0%
6 807 100.0%
White
%
Other
%
Num
8 771 100.0%
Total
%
Num
%
6 730
98.9%
113
98.3%
8 613
98.2%
0.0%
48
0.7%
0
0.0%
79
0.9%
0
0.0%
7
0.1%
0
0.0%
8
0.1%
0.2%
0
0.0%
8
0.1%
1
0.9%
13
0.1%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.0%
0.1%
29
2.6%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
30
0.3%
0.0%
6
0.5%
0
0.0%
7
0.1%
1
0.9%
14
0.2%
0.6%
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
5
0.1%
0
0.0%
11
0.1%
701 100.0%
1 101 100.0%
46 100.0%
Num
116 100.0%
46 100.0%
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6 806 100.0%
115 100.0%
8 769 100.0%
Household Services Profile continued – 2011 Census
Ward 084
Refuse Disposal
Removed by local
authority/private
company at least once
a week
Black African
Num
%
Coloured
Num
%
Asian
Num
%
693
99.0%
1 031
93.6%
2
0.3%
37
3.4%
0
4
0.6%
9
0.8%
Own refuse dump
0
0.0%
17
No rubbish disposal
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
Removed by local
authority/private
company less often
Communal refuse
dump
Other
Total
Ward 084
Energy used for
Lighting
Electricity
700 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
114
99.1%
8 596
98.0%
0.0%
61
0.9%
1
0.9%
101
1.2%
0
0.0%
12
0.2%
0
0.0%
25
0.3%
1.5%
0
0.0%
7
0.1%
0
0.0%
24
0.3%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
7
0.6%
0
0.0%
11
0.2%
0
0.0%
19
0.2%
Coloured
Num
%
46 100.0%
Asian
Num
96.6%
1 078
97.9%
0
0.0%
2
0.2%
0
Paraffin
13
1.9%
1
0.1%
Candles
8
1.1%
10
0.9%
Solar
1
0.1%
4
None
2
0.3%
6
Total
Ward 084
Energy used for
Cooking
Electricity
701 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
Total
Num
%
98.6%
677
Gas
Other
Num
%
6 712
1 101 100.0%
46 100.0%
White
Num
%
White
%
Num
Other
%
Num
99.5%
0.0%
10
0.1%
0
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
2
0.0%
0.4%
0
0.0%
20
0.5%
0
0.0%
1
Coloured
%
46 100.0%
115 100.0%
6 771
1 101 100.0%
Num
6 806 100.0%
46 100.0%
Asian
Num
Total
%
%
99.1%
0.0%
12
0.1%
0
0.0%
17
0.2%
0
0.0%
20
0.2%
0.3%
0
0.0%
25
0.3%
0.0%
0
0.0%
9
0.1%
6 807 100.0%
Num
115 100.0%
Num
8 687
White
%
8 768 100.0%
115 100.0%
Other
%
Num
8 770 100.0%
Total
%
Num
%
603
85.9%
1 024
93.1%
37
82.2%
5 559
81.7%
96
83.5%
7 319
83.5%
Gas
66
9.4%
42
3.8%
8
17.8%
1 195
17.6%
18
15.7%
1 329
15.2%
Paraffin
16
2.3%
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
20
0.2%
Wood
2
0.3%
7
0.6%
0
0.0%
5
0.1%
0
0.0%
14
0.2%
Coal
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
0.0%
Animal dung
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
Solar
2
0.3%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
11
0.2%
0
0.0%
13
0.1%
Other
8
1.1%
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
28
0.4%
1
0.9%
39
0.4%
None
5
0.7%
23
0.6%
0
0.0%
4
0.1%
0
0.0%
32
0.4%
Total
Ward 084
Energy used for
Heating
Electricity
702 100.0%
Black African
Num
%
1 100 100.0%
Coloured
Num
%
45 100.0%
Asian
Num
6 808 100.0%
White
%
Num
115 100.0%
Other
%
Num
8 770 100.0%
Total
%
Num
%
439
62.6%
799
72.6%
34
75.6%
5 054
74.3%
77
67.0%
6 403
73.0%
Gas
32
4.6%
29
2.6%
2
4.4%
615
9.0%
5
4.3%
683
7.8%
Paraffin
65
9.3%
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
23
0.3%
3
2.6%
93
1.1%
Wood
31
4.4%
32
2.9%
2
4.4%
585
8.6%
8
7.0%
658
7.5%
Coal
5
0.7%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
15
0.2%
1
0.9%
21
0.2%
Animal dung
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
6
0.1%
0
0.0%
6
0.1%
Solar
3
0.4%
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
86
1.3%
0
0.0%
90
1.0%
Other
1
0.1%
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
5
0.1%
None
125
17.8%
236
21.4%
7
15.6%
419
6.2%
21
18.3%
808
9.2%
Total
701 100.0%
1 101 100.0%
45 100.0%
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6 805 100.0%
115 100.0%
8 767 100.0%